Engaging the Medicinal Chemists of Tomorrow

Abstract

The Young Medicinal Chemists Committee (YMCC) is a part of the larger ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry (MEDI) and was formed to ensure that MEDI meets the needs of all medicinal chemists, including students and early career scientists. There is a clear need to offer additional, specific opportunities to this group of medicinal chemists within the MEDI division. Primary functions of YMCC include facilitating networking and mentorship opportunities, collaborating with international medicinal chemistry societies, and offering social programming for all MEDI members at ACS National Meetings. We are excited to continue to engage students and early career chemists through new initiatives and programming in the future. In this Editorial we highlight current initiatives relevant to early career medicinal chemists and solicit input from the larger medicinal chemistry community.