Message from the Director
and Mission of the CDD
Vasu Nair, Ph.D., D.Sc.
William H. Terry, Sr., Professor
GRA Eminent Scholar in Drug Discovery
Welcome to the Web Site of the University of Georgia (UGA) Center for Drug Discovery (CDD). Your interest in the CDD is appreciated.
Members of the center are deeply committed to its mission to fulfill a critical national and international need for the discovery and development of new chemical and biological entities for combating a variety of existing and emerging life-threatening diseases for which the etiological agents are infectious viruses (e.g., HIV, HBV, HCV, avian influenza viruses, emerging DNA and RNA viruses) and infectious microbial agents (e.g., antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis).
Other therapeutic areas such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and additional targets are also of interest to the CDD.
The CDD contributes not only to the research and teaching mission and increased national stature of UGA, but also enhances research connections between UGA and other research institutions, government agencies and pharmaceutical companies at the regional, national and international levels.
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