ASPET President-elect Richard R. Neubig, M.D., Ph.D., a Professor of Pharmacology and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan, has been named director of U-M new Center for the Discovery of New Medicines (CDNM). Founded by multiple schools and departments at U-M, the CDNM is a collaborative university-wide effort that supports and funds drug discovery across various disciplines on campus that are involved in biomedical research. Through rapid-access seed grants and twice-yearly pilot grant competitions, the CDNM will fund crucial steps in the drug discovery process while linking facilities that were previously unconnected. This collaboration forges a greater cooperation between academic groups and biotech companies to help discover new transformational medicines. More information is available at http://cdnm.lsi.umich.edu/.