Drug Development

Biomedical innovation over the last half century has improved health and extended lifespan globally. The molecular understanding of disease, along with sophisticated automation and screening technologies, have ushered in a new era of drug discovery. However, many infectious diseases, including ones that cause profound mortality and morbidity worldwide, still lack effective and safe treatments.

UCSC faculty have been at the forefront in the discovery of natural products to combat a variety of these neglected diseases, including cholera, African River Blindness, and mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.

UCSC researchers recently obtained a large federal instrumentation grant to build a state-of-the-art core facility that will greatly accelerate their drug discovery capabilities, allowing them to continue their longstanding efforts to develop new and improved medicines against infectious diseases that threaten human health on a global scale. 

Victoria A Stone

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
• Campus Email
  • vastone@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Microbiology

David L Bernick

• Pronouns
  • he, him, his, his, himself
• Title
  • Associate Teaching Professor
• Department
  • Biomolecular Engineering
• Campus Email
  • dbernick@ucsc.edu

David Fielding Boyd

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • dfboyd@ucsc.edu

Benjamin P Breen

• Pronouns
  • he, him, his, his, himself
• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • History Department
• Campus Email
  • bebreen@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Science Studies

Manel Camps

• Pronouns
  • he, him, his, his, himself
• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
• Campus Email
  • mcamps@ucsc.edu

Carlos E Dobkin

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Economics Department
• Campus Email
  • cdobkin@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Computational Economics

James Battle

• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Sociology Department
• Campus Email
  • jbattle@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Sociology

Ahmed Hamdy

• Title
  • Adjunct Professor
• Department
  • Biomolecular Engineering
• Campus Email
  • ahamdy@ucsc.edu

Lindsay Hinck

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • lhinck@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Developmental Biology

Theodore R Holman

• Pronouns
  • he, him, his, his, himself
• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
• Campus Email
  • holman@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Biochemistry

Douglas Kellogg

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • dkellogg@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Biochemistry

Robert Scott Lokey

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
• Campus Email
  • slokey@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Organic Chemistry

John MacMillan

• Title
  • Vice Chancellor for Research
• Department
  • Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
• Campus Email
  • jomacmil@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Chemical Biology

Glenn L Millhauser

• Title
  • Distinguished Professor
• Department
  • Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
• Campus Email
  • glennm@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Chemistry

Megan Colleen Moodie

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Anthropology Department
• Campus Email
  • mmoodie@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Ethnography

Karen M Ottemann

• Pronouns
  • she/hers
• Title
  • Professor and Chair
• Department
  • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
• Campus Email
  • ottemann@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Microbiology

Seth M Rubin

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
• Campus Email
  • srubin@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Biochemistry

Jeremy R Sanford

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • jsanfor2@ucsc.edu

William Sullivan

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • wtsulliv@ucsc.edu

Anjuli Verma

• Title
  • Assistant Professor of Politics
• Department
  • Politics Department
• Campus Email
  • acverma@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Law and Policy

Jordan Ward

• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • jward2@ucsc.edu