Weihua Qiao, MD, PhD, is a Cardiovascular Surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Dr. Qiao earned his medical degree from Chongqing Medical University in 2011. He obtained his PhD in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology with Dr. Nianguo Dong in 2016. His clinical interests include minimally invasive cardiac surgery, complex congenital cardiac surgery, and cardiac transplantation. Dr. Qiao serves as Principal Investigator on grants funded by National Key Research and Development Plan of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and other national/funding resources. His research is focused on biomedical materials and cardiovascular tissue engineering. Dr. Qiao has published more than 40 peer-review research papers including European Heart Journal, Advanced Functional Materials and Acta Biomaterialia, and filed more than 10 patents. He has served as an editorial member and peer reviewer for several scientific journals in cardiovascular research and biomaterials. He has also served as mentor or advisor for a number of postdoctoral fellows, medical students, graduate and undergraduate students.

Dr. Peng is an Associate Professor and Vice Dean at the School of Pharmacy, Dalian University of Technology, specializing in neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases, as well as the discovery of bioactive compounds in natural medicines. With a strong interdisciplinary background in pharmacology and traditional Chinese medicine, she has published 17 SCI papers (11 in Q1 journals, including Brain, Behavior, and Immunity and Aging and Disease) and leads multiple national and provincial research projects. Her expertise spans stem cell disease modeling, metabolomics, and network pharmacology. Recognized as a "Dalian High-Level Talent" and former editorial board member of Aging and Disease, she actively collaborates internationally and serves as a reviewer for top-tier journals.

Dr. Zheng’s clinical and research interests are diagnosis and treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic dissecting aneurysm, comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of carotid artery stenosis & lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans, prevention and treatment of lower extremity deep vein thrombosis, and minimally invasive treatment of varix of lower limb.