American Chemical Society

Division of Medicinal Chemistry

Activities of the American Chemical Society Division of

Medicinal Chemistry

Division Officers

Chair 2015 - John E. Macor, Ph.D., Bristol-Myers Squibb

Vice Chair 2015 - Thomas Bannister Ph.D., Scripps Research Institute-Florida

Program Chair 2015-2016 - Wendy B. Young, Ph.D., Genetech

Secretary & Public Relations 2014-2016 - D. Eric Walters, Ph.D., Rosalind Franklin

University

Membership & International Relations - Patrick M. Woster, Ph.D., Medical University

of South Carolina

Treasurer 2015-2017 - David P. Rotella, Ph.D., Montclair State University

Academic Councilor 2014-2016 - Jane Aldrich, Ph.D., University of Kansas

Academic Councilor 2015-2017 - Craig W. Lindsley, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Industrial Councilor 2013-2015 - Amy Ripka, Ph.D., WuXi AppTec

Industrial Councilor 2015-2017 - William J. Greenlee, Ph.D., MedChem Discovery

Consulting, LLC

Past Chair 2015 - Thomas E. Prisinzano, Ph.D., University of Kansas

Foreign Societies Liaison - Thomas J. Perun, Ph.D., Affiliated Scientific

ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry – Demographics

Current membership: 8,684

65.9% PhD, 12.3% MS

81.1% male, 18.9% female

63.1% USA, 12.4% Europe

5.3% Japan, 3.8% China

2.6% India, 0.5% Brazil

37.7% academic, 34.8% pharmaceutical industry

ACSMEDI Web Site: http://www.acsmedchem.org

ACSMEDI Newsletter: available on MEDI web site at http://www.acsmedchem.org

Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry – free for MEDI members

Programming

ACS National Meetings National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium

-Spring of even years

EFMC – 2 sessions every other year

AFMC – 1 session every other year

Awards

Bristol-Myers Squibb Smissman Award

-odd years

-2015 Winner: Dennis Liotta

Division of Medicinal Chemistry Award

-even years at NMCS

-2014 Winner: William Denny

Portoghese Lectureship

-Annual

-2015 Winner: Richard Glennon

The National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium:

-Meets in even years

-Next meeting: Chicago, Il, May 2016

MEDI Affiliate Members: Did you know you can join MEDI without joining ACS