Center for Drug Discovery

The Center for Drug Discovery is dedicated to the discovery of novel medications and the development of approaches and technologies aimed at improving the discovery of new therapeutic drugs.

People

  • Alexandros Makriyannis

    George D. Behrakis Chair in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Director of the Center for Drug Discovery, Northeastern University

  • Raymond Booth

    Raymond Booth leads research programs aimed at drug discovery and development for central nervous system disorders. Dr. Booth’s laboratory is on track to an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application regarding drug(s) that target brain serotonin receptors for treatment of neuropsychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and neurological disorders, including, autism spectrum disorder, fragile X syndrome (most common known genetic…

  • Jeffrey Agar

    Jeffrey Agar is trying to develop a treatment ALS. The Agar Lab makes small molecules and uses sophisticated instrumentation called a mass spectrometer to detect what drugs do to the body and what the body does to drugs. Dr. Agar also develops and teaches continuing education courses.