{"id":1059,"date":"2024-03-06T08:43:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:07:33","slug":"contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributions by Undergraduate Students is essential for the success of the MIDD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, two undergraduate students <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/undergraduate-researcher-works-to-pinpoint-the-cause-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome\/\">Molly Drosen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/research-news\/a-late-start-hasnt-slowed-this-undergrad-researcher-in-testing-novel-breast-cancer-drugs\/\">Amy Reyes<\/a> were highlighted by UWM Letters &amp; Science INFOCUS for their scientific contributions in the area of drug discovery and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/03\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Image collage of Molly Drosen and Amy Reyes\" class=\"wp-image-1058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/03\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/03\/Molly-Drosen-copy-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both undergraduate students were looking for research opportunities related to medicine and health and were thrilled about the fact that UWM has a renown Institute that supports academic researchers and startup companies to develop the next generation of medical treatments. Molly Drosen is currently focusing on identifying the genetic makers for chronic fatigue syndrome and Amy Reyes is targeting STAT3 for a future cancer treatment. Both students are working with MIDD member <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/people\/roy-avik\/\">Avik Roy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, two undergraduate students Molly Drosen and Amy Reyes were highlighted by UWM Letters &amp; Science INFOCUS for their scientific contributions in the area of drug discovery and development. Both undergraduate students were looking for research opportunities related to medicine &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Contributions by Undergraduate Students is essential for the success of the MIDD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recently, two undergraduate students Molly Drosen and Amy Reyes were highlighted by UWM Letters &amp; Science INFOCUS for their scientific contributions in the area of drug discovery and development. Both undergraduate students were looking for research opportunities related to medicine &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-06T14:43:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-27T15:07:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/03\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alexander E Arnold\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alexander E Arnold\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alexander E Arnold\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5381da5952a7c68557616301800459b\"},\"headline\":\"Contributions by Undergraduate Students is essential for the success of the MIDD\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-06T14:43:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-27T15:07:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":115,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/390\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/\",\"name\":\"Contributions by Undergraduate Students is essential for the success of the MIDD - Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/390\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-06T14:43:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-27T15:07:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5381da5952a7c68557616301800459b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/390\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/390\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Image collage of Molly Drosen and Amy Reyes\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Contributions by Undergraduate Students is essential for the success of the MIDD\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/\",\"name\":\"Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery\",\"description\":\"UW-Milwaukee\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/drug-discovery\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5381da5952a7c68557616301800459b\",\"name\":\"Alexander E Arnold\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3da3c6a8bdf19219ad2fbdf625399c63c09a87c0ef5bfdc79ee889e55057e7da?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3da3c6a8bdf19219ad2fbdf625399c63c09a87c0ef5bfdc79ee889e55057e7da?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3da3c6a8bdf19219ad2fbdf625399c63c09a87c0ef5bfdc79ee889e55057e7da?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alexander E Arnold\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Contributions by Undergraduate Students is essential for the success of the MIDD","og_description":"Recently, two undergraduate students Molly Drosen and Amy Reyes were highlighted by UWM Letters &amp; Science INFOCUS for their scientific contributions in the area of drug discovery and development. Both undergraduate students were looking for research opportunities related to medicine &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/","og_site_name":"Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery","article_published_time":"2024-03-06T14:43:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-27T15:07:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/03\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alexander E Arnold","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alexander E Arnold","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/"},"author":{"name":"Alexander E Arnold","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/#\/schema\/person\/f5381da5952a7c68557616301800459b"},"headline":"Contributions by Undergraduate Students is essential for the success of the MIDD","datePublished":"2024-03-06T14:43:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-27T15:07:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/"},"wordCount":115,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/03\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/","name":"Contributions by Undergraduate Students is essential for the success of the MIDD - Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/03\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-06T14:43:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-27T15:07:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/#\/schema\/person\/f5381da5952a7c68557616301800459b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/03\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/03\/Molly-Drosen-copy.jpg","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Image collage of Molly Drosen and Amy Reyes"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/contributions-by-undergraduate-students-is-essential-for-the-success-of-the-midd\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Contributions by Undergraduate Students is essential for the success of the MIDD"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/","name":"Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery","description":"UW-Milwaukee","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/#\/schema\/person\/f5381da5952a7c68557616301800459b","name":"Alexander E Arnold","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3da3c6a8bdf19219ad2fbdf625399c63c09a87c0ef5bfdc79ee889e55057e7da?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3da3c6a8bdf19219ad2fbdf625399c63c09a87c0ef5bfdc79ee889e55057e7da?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3da3c6a8bdf19219ad2fbdf625399c63c09a87c0ef5bfdc79ee889e55057e7da?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alexander E Arnold"}}]}},"meta_fields":{"_edit_lock":["1772204856:29"],"_edit_last":["29"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["8"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["60"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["1"],"_yoast_wpseo_wordproof_timestamp":[""],"_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":["1772204854"],"_uwm_wg_priority_content":["0"],"_uwm_wg_editor_notes":[""],"_uwm_wg_administrator_notes":[""],"_uwm_wg_review_checklist":["a:0:{}"],"_uwm_wg_content_review_log":["a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:11:\"reviewer_id\";i:29;s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2026-02-27 09:05:24\";s:16:\"priority_content\";s:1:\"0\";s:6:\"status\";s:19:\"set to non-priority\";s:4:\"note\";s:75:\"Post priority content type changed during DEV MODE; no other actions taken.\";}}"],"feat_img_video":[""],"feat_img_gallery":[""],"feat_img_caption":["feat-img-caption-on"],"breadcrumbs_display":["breadcrumbs-on"],"otp_nav_display":["otp-on-mobile"],"post_layout":["post-layout-theme"],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":[""]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1059"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1815,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}