Mingwang Shen earned PhD degree in Applied Mathematics (2017) and now is an Associate Professor in Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health from Xi’an Jiaotong University. He is vice Director of China-Australia Joint Research Center for Infectious Diseases and Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province. His research interests include infectious diseases modelling, artificial intelligence in medicine, health economics, cost-effectiveness analysis, genetic screening and gene therapy, etc. He has published original research articles in reputable peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Hepatology, The Innovation, BMC Medicine, Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific, Journal of the International AIDS Society, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, AIDS, etc. He is the editor board member of BMC Medicine.