Dr. Xiao Lin is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at Sun Yat-sen University. His primary research interests lie in summary measures of population health, with a focus on: 1) burden of disease studies and comparative risk assessments, particularly those examining the burden attributable to hazardous environmental materials; 2) novel statistical methods for evaluating quality of life; and 3) causal inference methods for epidemiology and clinical studies in chronic diseases. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Lin has led or participated in multiple competitive projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation, and various regional initiatives. His work has been published in more than twenty peer-reviewed international journals, including npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Communications Earth & Environment, and Sustainable Cities and Society, among others. Additionally, he served as the lead editor for the monograph “Measurement Methods for Burden of Disease Study,” published by Sun Yat-sen University Press in December 2023—a work that systematically summarizes both theoretical and practical approaches in this field.