Hao Wu, MD, PhD, is Chief Physician, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor at Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. He currently serves as President of Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Chair of the Expert Group on Hearing Screening of the National Health Commission of China, and Director of the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Ear and Nose Diseases. Professor Wu has been dedicated to clinical and basic research in otology and auditory medicine for many years. His research focuses on the prevention and treatment of congenital hearing loss, auditory implant technologies, and the molecular mechanisms underlying sensorineural hearing loss. He has made significant contributions to these fields, with a series of internationally recognized achievements. As the first principal investigator, he received the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2018, the First Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education in 2019, and the First Prize of the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award in 2014. He has also received numerous honors, including the 16th Shanghai Science and Technology Elite Award and the Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert Award from the former National Health and Family Planning Commission in 2017. In 2023, he was selected as a preliminary candidate for election to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.