Professor (with tenure) of Global Health and Head of Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs) Research at the Global Health Research Center, and Director of the Implementation Research on NCD Management Laboratory (IRoNman Lab), Duke Kunshan University. Adjunct professor at Peking University, Wuhan University, Duke University, and Northwestern University.

She graduated from Peking University and the University of California, Berkeley (PhD). Main areas of research are cardio-metabolic disease prevention and control and healthy aging. Associate editor or advisor for Implementation Science, Lancet Global Health and JACC. Published over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers some of which in leading medical journals such as JAMA, the Lancet, NEJM, BMJ, and Circulation. Google Scholar H-index is 64 and i10-index 142. Top 2% of most-cited scientists globally.