Ankita Gupta

Bio

Ankita Gupta is a DVM/Ph.D. candidate in the Comparative Biomedical Sciences graduate program at North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Ankita completed her Ph.D. in neuroscience in July 2023 and is currently enrolled in the DVM program. Her primary research interest is to improve the success of translational research for chronic pain. Her thesis work focused on using validated outcome measures and molecular tools in rodent models and dogs with naturally occurring osteoarthritis pain to evaluate putative analgesic targets. Ankita’s overarching goal is to become a clinician-scientist in academia, performing high-quality, impactful comparative pain research that contributes to novel therapies for osteoarthritis-associated pain in human and veterinary patients.

Affiliations

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), member
Comparative Medicine Institute, member
Translational Research in Pain Lab, member

Publications

• Multi-Functional Small Molecule Alleviates Fracture Pain and Promotes Bone Healing , ADVANCED SCIENCE (2023)
• Investigating the Role of Artemin and Its Cognate Receptor, GFR alpha 3, in Osteoarthritis Pain , FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE (2022)
• Artemin and its cognate receptor, GFRΑ3, Play a function role in osteoarthritis pain , Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (2021)
• Serum artemin is not correlated with sensitivity within dogs with naturally occurring osteoarthritis pain , SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2021)
• Altered salt taste response and increased tongue epithelium Scnna1 expression in adult Engrailed-2 null mice , Physiology & Behavior (2018)