Drug Discovery Mission

Description

Drug Discovery Mission (DDM) is designed as an interactive tool to understand the processes involved in drug discovery. Drug discovery is a highly collaborative process that utilizes scientists from all disciplines. Without this multi-disciplinary approach, it would not be possible for drugs to make it to market. DDM will ask you to step outside of your comfort zone by exposing you to all aspects of the pre-clinical drug discovery process. Please note, it is beyond the scope of the DDM to cover clinical trial research.

Despite the drug discovery process taking ~15 years from idea to market, the DDM will ask you to cover most of this process in 1 week. By embedding yourself into a team of drug discovery scientists, you will be asked to find a cure/treatment for a neglected tropical disease of WCAIR’s choosing. In order to succeed, you must work as a team to make critical analytical decisions and make conclusions on data presented to you.

Period	1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2025
Event type	Course