Health-related research is of a fundamental importance to the society. With the aging population and ever increasing demand in new solutions to address different health-related challenges, chemical synthesis of new drugs, more efficient drug development processes, and chemical biology studies on diseases and health problems are becoming more and more important. Specific research directions in functional materials include:

• Antibiotics
• Small Molecule Drugs
• Metal-based Drugs
• Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Chemical Probes