Natural Philosopher
Jeremy Beau (ASP Web Site Committee / Young Members Committee)
Philip La Grasso, Ph.D. Professor, Molecular Therapeutics, Senior Director, Drug Discovery with Scripps Florida at one of the Scripps labs in Jupiter, FL.
Robert H. Cichewicz, Ph.D. Professor, Founder of NPDG Why isn t the term pharmacognosy used anywhere on your website? The term is incredibly outdated and outmoded. If i used the term on the project it would look like a misspelling. I think the term is just dead
Member Communication We ve tried before but it didn t work. I would love to communicate more with members of ASP. - Jeremy Beau, ASP Young Members Committee
I don't believe that it would be a stand alone way of practice. I was exposed to it as just a class, and took away the understanding that it is an alternative form of medicine. d Most patients today probably would not benefit from natural medicine as a primary treatment methodology.
It s a crock of shit
Rami Al-Horani, Ph.D. Senior Project Scientist at Institute for Structural Biology and Drug Discovery, VCU Why are you not a member of the ASP? There are certainly no specific barriers Consider for example the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the American Heart Association (AHA). I am a member in both not only because of my interest but also because of the range of the associated benefits (training grants, research grants, journal subscription, the opportunity to cross the road for translational purposes etc).
Rami Al-Horani, Ph.D. Senior Project Scientist at Institute for Structural Biology and Drug Discovery, VCU I chose to study the field of medicinal chemistry because it would prepare me to become a highly creative scientist who is well-equipped with multidisciplinary skills and knowledge. In fact, a medicinal chemist is an artist who indeed applies his/her theoretical knowledge and experimental skills in the different aspects of chemistry to address a biological question.
Atomic Explorers DREAMERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD Age: 25-40 Average Time to complete a Ph.D: 8.2 years Average Age at Completion: 33 Fields of Study: Chemistry Biology Botany Pharmacology Focusing on: Pharmacy Because: There is the most at risk These are the largest detractors from natural product sciences
Professional Student Pharmacist Enrollment 70,000 11 # Students Enrolled 52,500 35,000 17,500 8.25 5.5 2.75 0 2001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013 Enrollment (total) % Change (Enrollment) 0 Source: AACP
BUT Source: Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 11, 191-200 (March 2012)
1. IDENTITY Clinical Scientist Atomic Explorer 2. COMMUNICATION Synthetic Natural 3. MEMBERSHIP 1 to n 0 to 1
Making the Invisible Visible
The Natural Science League Logo. Logo explanation. Tag/Mission. Art, Science, Curiosity, Change
APPENDIX
The Challenge: Funding / Targeting General Public $500,000 Potential Atomic $50,000 Donations ASP Explorers Donors Which segments out of these categories can we win with the lowest spend?
Who is this composed of?
Target Size Within Pharmacognosy (727 Members) Natural Products Discovery Group Outside Pharmacognosy (317 M) ~893,851 Physicians ~87,560 Chemists Biochemists / Biophysicist (29,200) Biological Scientists (~ 33,100) Pharmacists (287,000) Zoologist / Wildlife Biologist (9,090 Nutritionists/Dieticians (~68,000 by 2022) Ecologists Environmental Scientists and Specialists (90,000) STUDENTS 6,058 full-time and 362 part-time pharmacy faculty members at 127 colleges and schools of pharmacy. sources: studentscholrships.org,kaiser Family Foundation, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Target Size STUDENTS: Total fall 2013 full-time graduate student enrollment was 4,164 (3,094 students in Ph.D. programs and 1,070 in M.S. programs). How do we reach them: 6,058 full-time and 362 part-time pharmacy faculty members at 127 colleges and schools of pharmacy. Pharm.D. degree as a post-b.s. in pharmacy degree (14)*: Western University of Health Sciences (CA) Colorado, University of (CO) Howard University (DC) Nova Southeastern University (FL) Florida, University of Idaho State University Purdue University (IN) MCPHS University-Boston Creighton University (NE) Campbell University (NC) North Dakota State University Oklahoma, The University of Shenandoah University (VA) Virginia Commonwealth University sources: AACP
Potential Foundations to reach out to for funding
Life Sciences Research Foundation NSF.gov grants Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research Arctic Natural Sciences Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
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