药物化学体现了分子科学在新药（药物）的发现，设计和合成中的应用。它结合了坚实的化学基础以及当代生物学，生物化学和药理学。在本专业中，您将在分子水平上探索药物或药物前导物与生物靶标的相互作用，药物发现的方法，合理的药物设计和开发以及特定类型药物的作用机理，包括抗菌，抗癌和神经活性药物。您将能够设计具有独立研究技能的新型有效和选择性药物制剂，以解决全球健康问题，并且您将具备分析药物在分子水平上的作用的能力。通过以各种方式胜任地交流所有这些药物化学概念的能力，您将增加您未来的职业发展机会。
Medicinal chemistry embodies the application of molecular sciences to the discovery, design and synthesis of new medicines. It combines a solid foundation of chemistry with contemporary biology, biochemistry and pharmacology.<br><br>In the Medicinal Chemistry major, youll explore the interaction of drugs or drug leads with biological targets at a molecular level, methods of drug discovery, rational drug design and development, and the mechanisms of action of specific classes of drugs, including antibacterial, anticancer and neuroactive drugs. Youll be equipped to design new potent and selective pharmaceutical agents to address global health issues with independent research skills, and youll develop capabilities to analyse how drugs work at a molecular level. And youll boost your future career possibilities with the ability to communicate all of these medicinal chemistry concepts competently in a range of modes.