Graduate Student Michelle Meyer has been selected by MIDD members based on scientific merit and potential to accelerate the development of new asthma drug candidates. Michelle is a member of the Arnold research group and will continue to work with… Read More

The MIDD has welcomed Anna Benko as new member. Dr. Benko is the Manager of SAILARC, the UWM mass spectrometry facility located in the Kenwood IRC. Dr. Benko received her PhD from UWM and worked at Sterling Pharma (Former Cambridge… Read More

The MIDD Symposium will bring together UWM faculty members, students and followers supporting interdisciplinary research in Drug Discovery. Seven research projects will be presented throughout the day and students have the opportunity to present their contributions at a poster session… Read More

Discovery and Innovation Grants (DIG) are awarded each year to outstanding research proposals by the UWM Office of Research. This year, four MIDD members were among the selected, which include Sonia Bardy, Karyn Frick, Xiaohua Peng and Ching-Hong Yang. Prof…. Read More

We are happy to announce that Adrienne Allen and Michael Carvan and  have joined the MIDD. Dr. Carvan has an appointment as Professor at the School of Freshwater Science and is interested in toxicology, toxigenomics, epigenetics, behavioral toxicology and gene-environment-disease/dysfunction… Read More

We are delighted to announce that the MIDD has gained three new members with diverse scientific backgrounds. Karyn Frick holds the rank of Distinguished Professor in the UWM Psychology Department and is the Neuroscience Area Chair. Her NIH-supported work is… Read More

Graduate Student Ethan Kub will be a Assistant MIDD member for Fall 2021. His application was selected by MIDD members based on scientific merit and potential to accelerate the progress to establish new and efficient therapeutics for glioblastoma. Ethan is… Read More

Ching-Hong Yang, Professor of Biological Science and Microbiology has been elected as MIDD member. Dr. Yang brings a wealth of microbiology knowledge to the MIDD team that include targeting of bacterial virulence factors. This new approach stops the infection rather… Read More

Chemistry and biochemistry professor, Leggy Arnold, has been named director of the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery at UWM. He will continue its mission to secure external funding for MIDD projects, round out the institute’s research infrastructure, identify new drug… Read More