"Environment: The (University of) Kansas Med Chem department has a great history of producing great research and great young researchers. It is the most successful medicinal chemistry program in the country; there is no better place to do the proposed work."
The statement above was taken from the review critique of a research grant proposal submitted to the National Institutes of Health for one of the department's many externally funded research projects. One of the things such review panels evaluate in deciding whether to fund a proposal or not is the environment where the work will be done.
"The Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Kansas has an excellent track record of training chemists for productive careers in drug discovery and development."
-- Paul S. Anderson. Retired - Vice President, Drug Discovery Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Past President of the American Chemical Society. andersps@comcast.net
"The quality of the Medicinal Chemistry faculty, both past and present has made the department one of the most highly regarded in the nation."
-- Dan Flynn, President, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals
"My success in drug industry research would not have been achieved without the training that I received in the Medicinal Chemistry program."
-- Mike Rafferty, Executive Director of Discovery Technologies, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor, MN., Michael.Rafferty@pfizer.com
“The Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Kansas in Lawrence provides, in my opinion, one of the very best graduate programs in medicinal chemistry in the U.S. It is highly respected as a department that addresses the most timely issues currently confronting the industry.”
-- Ralph Hirschmann, Rao Makineni Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and retired Senior Vice President for Basic Research of Merck, Inc. rfh@sas.upenn.edu
