Prof. Xiaolin Wei is a tenured full professor at IHPME and the Dalla Lana Chair in Global Health Policy. He is an elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH), UK, and a Board of Directors at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. He received his medical degree at Jining Medical College. He completed his PhD studies at the University of Toronto in 2012. He has served as a board member and has served as the Secretary-General and Vice President of the International Union of Lung Disease from 2012 to 2020. He holds adjunct/visiting professorship with the Johns Hopkins University, USA, the University of St. Andrews, and the University of Leeds, UK, Fudan University, and Peking University, China. He regularly provides consultancy to the World Health Organization regarding tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance, and the implementation and design of scientific/clinical trials.