Spring 2027

Current Trends in Drug Discovery and Development

Current trends in drug discovery and development focusing on finding, reading, and critically analyzing scientific and regulatory literature.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Leslie Dickmann

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 93.1% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.63 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Know where to search for appropriate primary literature and guidance documents associated with drug discovery and development

  • Critically analyze primary research literature and guidance documents in the field of drug discovery and development and neuroscience

  • Succinctly and accurately communicate the merits and limitations of primary drug discovery and development research publications and guidance documents

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Prerequisites

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Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences or Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation

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    • Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation
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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 93.1% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.63 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

LESLIE DICKMANN is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Online Only0 / 400

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 93.1% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.63 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Scientific and regulatory literature in drug discovery and development
  • Primary research literature and guidance documents in neuroscience

Skills

  • Find, read, and critically analyze scientific and regulatory literature
  • Communicate merits and limitations of research publications and guidance documents

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PHMSCI 759 · Spring 2027

Current Trends in Drug Discovery and Development

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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