Headed by Senior Investigator Yadong Huang, MD, PhD, the center provides crucial resources to repurpose drugs into treatments for diseases of the central nervous system, the heart, and the immune system. The center aims to accelerate the conversion of basic research findings into efficient clinical candidates and, ultimately, medical applications.
The center collaborates with the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Tsinghua University in Beijing, which has well-established drug discovery and translational platforms.