med chem

[asdfgh]

what are the top med chem phd programs in the us in terms of faculty productivity and quality of journals?

[zhangxy]

  On 4/10/2010 at 5:08 PM, asdfgh said:

what are the top med chem phd programs in the us in terms of faculty productivity and quality of journals?

UMN College of Pharmacy, Carston R. Wagner group is a good choice

[drumms9980]

Why do you want a med chem PhD instead of an organic synthesis PhD? I work for big pharma and I'm applying back to grad school now. I can tell you for med chem positions no one with a med chem PhD would be considered. If you're looking to do something different after then I supose this doesn't apply. Good luck!!

[Eigen]

I agree wholeheartedly with the previous poster.

Decide what you want to do, and then think whether a Med Chem degree would be good for it.

All of the researchers/groups that actively publish in Med Chem journals have degrees either in Biochemistry or Organic Chemistry.

If you're interested in the pharmcology/pharmacokinetics side, go for one of those degrees at a pharmacy school. If you're interested in designing new drugs, then you really want a traditional organic synth PhD.