Professional Positions

Dr. Samuel C. Benedict Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, 2022-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, 2017-Present
Adjunct Associate Professor, Depts. of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, 2010-2017

Education

American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2006-2010
Ph.D. Chemistry, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego, 2000-2005
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Washington

APS Service

Co-Chair, Student Affairs Committee, 2017
Member, Nominating Committee, 2015
Session Chair, 24th American Peptide Symposium, 2015
Session Chair, 23rd American Peptide Symposium, 2013
Faculty Judge, Young Investigator Poster Competition, 2013

Awards & Honors

Guest Editor, Special Symposium-in-Print issue “Constrained Peptides and Biological Targets” for Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, March 2018
Research Editor, Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2016-Present
Keynote Speaker, 12th Annual Biochemistry Retreat, University of Kassel, Wesendorf, Germany, January 22, 2015
NCI Transition Career Development Award, K22, 2011-2014
Scholar-In-Training Award, AACR-ACS Chemistry in Cancer Research, New Orleans, LA, 2009
Scholar-In-Training Award, AACR-ACS Chemistry in Cancer Research, San Diego, CA, 2007
Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Cancer Society, 2006-2009
Predoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association, 2003-2005
Predoctoral Fellowship, NSF MASEM Program, 2000-2001

Eileen Kennedy
Councilor
Dr. Samuel C. Benedict Professor
University of Georgia