Dr. Chen considers “Translational Medicine Research” a broad research field covering from basic to clinical researches that ultimately benefit patients in all aspects and, therefore, his research interests have covered a broad spectrum from basic research to drug discovery and development such as the identification of tumor metastasis-associated molecules, establishment of diseased animal models (against cancer, diabetic, and infectious diseases) and discovery and development of new drugs. Dr. Chen is a licensed pharmacist equipped with a broad professional disciplinary scope covering pharmacology, cancer biology, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics, pharmaceutics, neuroscience, molecular cell biology, laboratory animals, and drug discovery and development. All research activities leading to the discovery and development of clinical therapeutics and advancement of clinical treatments are his major research interests.