Xinrong Zhang, an associate professor at School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University. She obtained her Ph.D. from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, supervised by Prof. Vincent Wai-Sun Wong and worked as postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, supervised by Prof. Mindie H. Nguyen. Her research focuses on epidemiology, non-invasive diagnosis and treatment of metabolic diseases, especially metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and diabetes mellitus. She has published over 60 high-level research papers in international academic journals such as Gut, Hepatology(3 papers, 1 as cover image), Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, JAMA Network Open, Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental, Journal of Advanced Research, Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, et al as first author or corresponding author. She has been selected for the "Young Investigator Award" twice and won "Best Oral Presentation Award" and "Poster of Distinction" twice at international conferences. Currently, she is a member of American, European and Asian-Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Hong Kong Institution of Science et al. She also serves as a guest editor for Nutrients, Editorial board for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism and Portal Hypertension & Cirrhosis, and reviewer for Metabolism, BMC Medicine, Cardiovascular Diabetology, International Journal of Epidemiology, Liver International et al.