About

CNM leverages the wealth of discoveries across the Emory ecosystem to populate the early stages of a drug discovery and development pipeline

CNM: A holistic approach to drug discovery at Emory

Competitive RFP

The CNM competitive RFP process (launching Fall 2024) aims to identify, vet, and select promising, early-stage drug discovery projects from Emory faculty for support through the CNM therapeutic discovery pipeline. The application and selection process, which includes intellectual property and competitive landscape analyses, provides useful feedback to faculty as they shape and grow their drug discovery goals. Selected projects will receive tailored funds and access to enabling resources to advance their project to the next stage.

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Project Guidance + Consultation

CNM serves as a "hub" for Emory investigators focused on drug discovery and development. To complement our competitive RFP process and enable more groups throughout the Emory ecosystem, we also provide a spectrum of support to advance drug discovery projects, including initial project discussions and evaluation, internal reviews for resources and connection points, facilitated interactions with experts and internal supports, soft handoffs to collaborators and/or enabling groups, and continued oversight to ensure timely project progression.

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Programming + Training

CNM believes that a therapeutic discovery pipeline is only as good as the ecosystem from which it sources projects. To grow and foster the therapeutic innovation community at Emory, CNM provides tailored programming and training opportunities for drug discovery scientists, including: seminars and symposia crafted to educate and inspire, networking events to identify collaborators and enabling groups, research development tailored to stimulate/support drug discovery, and training opportunities for graduate students and postdocs.

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CNM Leadership

Haian Fu, PhD

Co-Director, Emory Center for New Medicines

Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Winship Partner in Research Endowed Chair, Winship Cancer Institute
Leader, Winship Cancer Institute, Discovery & Developmental Therapeutics Program
Associate Dean for Innovation and International Strategies
Director, Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center

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Dennis Liotta, PhD

Co-Director, Emory Center for New Medicines

Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Chair, Advisory Committee of DRug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE) and Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD)

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Callie Wigington, PhD

Program Director, Center for New Medicines

newmedicines@emory.edu

PhD in Biochemistry, Cell, and Developmental Biology from Emory University
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology at Stanford University

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CNM Internal Advisors

Ravi Thadhani, MD

  • Executive Vice President of Health Affairs, Emory University

Sandra Wong, MD

  • Dean, Emory University School of Medicine

Guido Silvestri, MD

  • Executive Associate Dean for Research Strategy, Emory University School of Medicine

Suresh Ramalingam, MD

  • Executive Director, Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University

Allan Levey, MD, PhD

  • Founding Director, Goizueta Institute @Emory Brain Health

Huw Davies, PhD

  • Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry, Emory University

George Painter, PhD

  • CEO of Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE) and Director of the Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD)

Todd Sherer, PhD

  • Executive Director, Emory Office of Technology Transfer