Leyte Winfield, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Organic Chemistry
From the Spelman College Connection: Dr. Leyte Winfield Honored for Work in Cancer Research
Leyte Winfield, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, has been named a 2011 AACR Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Awardee for her work toward molecules that inhibit the growth of breast and prostate cancer cells.
The award aims to increase the scientific knowledge base of faculty members at minority-serving institutions, and to encourage them and their students to pursue careers in cancer research. Presented by the American Association for Cancer Research, the award is given to scientists at the assistant professor level or above at minority-serving institutions who are engaged in meritorious basic, clinical, or translational cancer research.
Spelman College, 2003; 2002, Ph.D., University of New Orleans; 1997, B.S., Dillard University
Office Location:
Albro-Falconer-Manley Science Center
Room 374
Mailing Address:
350 Spelman LN, SW
Box 231
Atlanta GA, 30314
Voice: 404-270-5748
E-mail: LWinfield@spelman.edu
Research Interest
Our group is primarily interested in the synthesis and the structure-structure activity relationship of compounds that are potentially active against cancer and inflammation.
Courses Taught
FYE 101 First Year Experience
CHE 162 Biomedical Business
CHE 231 Organic Chemistry I
CHE 232 Organic Chemistry II
CHE 233 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory and Recitation
CHE 234 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory and Recitation
CHE 441 Medicinal Chemistry
CHE 429 Undergraduate Seminar in Chemistry
Mentoring Activity and Program Participation
- Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
- Pfizer AIR Minority Research Fellowship in Organic
- Chemistry Fellowships in Research and Science
- Teaching (FIRST) Advancing Spelman's Participation in Informatics Research and Education (ASPIRE)
- Nspace Scholars Program
- Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (WiSTEM)
- Minority Biomedical Research Support Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (MBRS-RISE)
- Minority Access to Research Careers-Undergraduate Student Training & Research ( MARC- U-STAR) Honors Fellowship
- Morehouse College HBCU-UP Program
