The Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products focuses on discovering new therapeutic agents and targets. Thousands of compounds researched by the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have the potential for therapeutic applications impacting many disease targets, such as enzymes, specific drug receptors, and even the genome.

Chemistry Dean Crimmins Receives ACS Guenther Award

Michael T. Crimmins, senior associate dean for the natural sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the 2010 Ernest Guenther Award from the American Chemical Society for outstanding achievement in the chemistry of natural products. He holds a joint appointment as a professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.

Carroll Delivers Talk at ACS National Meeting

Mary Carroll, a graduate student in Associate Professor Andrew Lee's lab, presented her research during the Medicinal Chemistry Graduate Student Award Symposium at the 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting.

Frye Leads UNC Team Selected for NCI Drug-Discovery Initiative

Led by Stephen Frye, PhD, a team of scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University, and the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences will be working with the National Cancer Institute as part of a national effort to bring more targeted cancer therapies to patients as quickly as possible.