2025 Duane D. Miller Lectureship Ceremony

May 20 | 9 – 11 am | UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy Building, Memphis, Room 102

Michael S. Wolfe, PhD

Mathias P. Mertes Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas

Michael S. Wolfe received his B.S. in chemistry in 1984 from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry in 1990 from the University of Kansas.  After postdoctoral stints at the University of Kansas (medicinal chemistry) and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (cell biology), he joined the faculty of the University of Tennessee in Memphis in 1994.  In 1999, he moved to Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where his work focused on understanding the molecular basis of Alzheimer’s and related disorders and identifying effective approaches for pharmacological intervention, becoming Professor of Neurology in 2008.  He joined the University of Kansas faculty in 2016 as the Mathias P. Mertes Professor of Medicinal Chemistry. Awards for his work include the Sato Memorial International Award in bioorganic and medicinal chemistry from the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (2003), the MetLife Award for Biomedical Research (2008), a Zenith Fellows Award from the Alzheimer’s Association (2008), and the Potamkin Prize from the American Academy of Neurology (2009).

About the Duane. D. Miller Lectureship

The UTHSC College of Pharmacy Drug Discovery Center (UTCoP DDC) established the “The Duane D. Miller Lectureship” and its related graduate student award, “The Duane D. Miller Award in Drug Discovery” in 2023. This lectureship and student award honor Dr. Duane Miller, Professor Emeritus at UTCoP, for his exceptional and long-lasting impacts on the establishment of the Medicinal Chemistry programs in UTCoP in 1992 after more than 20 years successful career at the Ohio State University, and his accomplishments in inventing several small molecule investigational new drugs (e.g., Enobosarm, Sabizabulin) that have moved to advanced clinical trials.

• The annual Duane D. Miller Lectureship Award recognizes a small molecule drug discovery expert, with Dr. Miller being the inaugural awardee.
• The Duane D. Miller Award in Drug Discovery recognizes a graduate student for outstanding achievement in small molecule drug discovery and development research. The first named award for students in the UTCoP graduate program carries a monetary award, generously provided by Dr. Miller himself for the inaugural year 2023.

For more information visit: https://www.uthsc.edu/pharmacy/research/duane-miller-endowment.php