Amy Hauck Newman

Dr. Amy Hauck Newman has published 245 peer-reviewed manuscripts and is widely regarded as an expert in the field of medicinal chemistry. She currently serves as Acting Scientific Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program and Chief of the Medications Discovery Research Branch and Medicinal Chemistry Sections of NIDA. She has designed several research tools to better evaluate drug-receptor interactions and study how molecular changes influence behavior. In recent years, her lab has synthesized novel compounds that target monoamine transporters and receptors to treat addictions. She is the lead inventor of EncepHeal's first pharmacotherapies to treat cocaine addiction. Dr. Newman earned her B.S. in Chemistry from Mary Washington College and her Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the Medical College of Virginia where she designed and synthesized novel amphetamine analogs. Dr. Newman completed her postdoctoral training under Dr. Kenner C. Rice at the Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry at the NIH and worked at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research before she initiated the Medicinal Chemistry Program at NIDA.