Medicinal Chemistry

Emily E. Scott’s, PhD, appointment as the F.F. Blicke Collegiate Professor of Pharmacy has been approved by the Regents of the University of Michigan. Her term is effective Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2025. The F.F. Blicke Collegiate Professorship was established in 2008 to honor Prof. Fredrick Franklin (F.F.) Blicke, whose research and educational […]

As the world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, most Americans have seen large shifts in their daily lives. Similarly, research, practice, and education within the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy has undergone significant changes.  Students are practicing distant learning, utilizing new technologies during in-person classes, working in the lab in shifts, and creatively […]

Heather A. Carlson, PhD, has been named chair of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy Department of Medicinal Chemistry. Her term began on July 1. Prof. Carlson started her academic career at the University in 2000.  “One of my first goals as department chair is to increase the faculty’s awareness of the marginalization that […]

George Garcia, PhD, Professor and Chair of Medicinal Chemistry and Director, Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry, has been named a 2020 Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor. The award recognizes tenured faculty who are outstanding mentors of doctoral students, who support their intellectual, creative, scholarly, and professional growth, and foster a culture of intellectual engagement in which […]

Recently featured in Nature, “A map of the amine-carboxylic acid coupling system” opens the door to a new field of drug discovery. Until now, the coupling of an amine with a carboxylic acid to form an amine bond has been the reaction used in 25% of drug discovery. However, the new paper from the Cernak […]

The Michigan Life Sciences Alumni Network invites those in the life science (including but not limited to pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology) industries or interested in networking with alumni in the life sciences to join their group. Alumni in these industries represent a variety of companies, including but not limited to Fortune 500 companies (like […]

Mustapha Beleh, PhD, is the recipient of the 2019 Teaching Excellence Award. This award recognizes exceptional teaching in the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy’s PharmD and PhD programs. Dr. Beleh is the Director of Education and a lecturer in medicinal chemistry. “Being named as the recipient of the teaching excellence award carries a special […]

Sumit Bandekar, Medicinal Chemistry PhD Candidate, has been awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows. The award supports promising doctoral candidates who will perform dissertation research and training for a PhD degree in a scientific health-related field relevant to the mission of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) during the […]