For 20 years, the University of Minnesota Center for Drug Design has combined research and scholarship to develop novel drugs for therapeutic applications, such as HIV, other human viral pathogens, neurological diseases, cancers, and much more.  CDD research featuring numerous internal and external collaborations and shared within the broad scientific community is typically geared toward developing innovative and marketable technologies to benefit human health.

We celebrated the CDD's 20th Anniversary with a one-day symposium on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 at McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis, MN. Symposium speakers included internationally renowned drug researchers Dr. Dennis Liotta, Dr. Pei-Yong Shi as invited keynote speakers and Dr. Bob Vince as the Founding Director of the CDD.