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Dr. Aaron Bender and Dr.Kristen Gilliland appointed as research assistant professors in the Department of Pharmacology
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Drug discovery efforts continue in latest chemical chronicle from the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
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Recent Publications

  • Medicinal Chemistry Education and Training. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
    Craig. W. Lindsley
  • Medicinal Chemistry Education: Emphasize Fundamentals and Skillfully Integrate Knowledge. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
    Shaoqing Du, Xueping Hu, Craig W. Lindsley, Peng Zhan
  • The cannabinoid CB2 receptor positive allosteric modulator EC21a exhibitscomplicated pharmacology in vitro. Taylor & Francis Group
    Aidong Qi, Xueqing Han, Marc Quitalig, Jessica Wu, Plamen P. Christov, KyuOk Jeon, Somnath Jana,Kwangho Kim, Darren W. Engers, Craig W. Lindsley, Alice L. Rodriguez, and Colleen M. Niswender
  • Discovery of 4-(5-Membered) Heteroarylether-6-methylpicolinamide Negative Allosteric Modulators of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 5. ACS Medicinal Chemistry LettersElizabeth S. Childress, Rory A. Capstick, Katherine E. Crocker, Miranda L. Ledyard, Aaron M. Bender, Mallory A. Maurer, Natasha B. Billard, Hyekyung P. Cho, Alice L. Rodriguez, Colleen M. Niswender, Weimin Peng, Jerri M. Rook, Sichen Chang, Anna L. Blobaum, Olivier Boutaud, Carrie K. Jones, P. Jeffrey Conn, Andrew S. Felts, Craig W. Lindsley, and Kayla J. Temple
  • Psychedelics and Entactogens: Call for Papers. Journal of Medicinal ChemistryCraig W. Lindsley*, Jacob M. Hooker, Kelly Chibale, Christa E. Müller, Squire J. Booker
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Outreach and Advocacy Program


Kristen Gilliland at Heffi Festival 2024
Kristen was a featured speaker at the Heffi Festival 2024 in Apinmaki, Espoo where she spoke on, "Teaching Teenagers Through Film: How Stress and Substance Use Impact Brain Health."
Kristen's educational documentary won "Best Educational Film."
Kristen to be honored with Award in December
Kristen is being honored this month with an award at Drug Free Dickson’s Annual Coalition Volunteer and Community Appreciation Banquet. The award with will recognize Kristen for her drug prevention service to Dickson County‘s youth.
AD3 News
The team is now working on the last two online courses for the Applied Drug Discovery and Development Online Certificate Program at the WCNDD.  The Introduction to Drug Discovery and Development, Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry, and Introduction to Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics have been completed.  Introduction to Pharmacology, Applied Drug Discovery and Applied Drug Development are currently in progress.  AD3 courses will launch in June of 2025 – Get excited!!
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