Wang Songling, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Member of the Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and recipient of the Outstanding Performance Award for CPPCC Members, is a Professor and Chief Physician. He currently serves as Vice President of Capital Medical University, Vice President of the Chinese Stomatological Association, Vice President of the Beijing Medical Association, and Director of the Beijing Laboratory for Oral Health. Professor Wang is Editor-in-Chief of Current Medicine, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Oral Diseases and Journal of Oral Rehabilitation (JOR), and Editor-in-Chief of Medical Education Management and Today’s Dentistry. He has published 249 research articles, including 167 English-language papers as the primary author. As the first principal investigator, Professor Wang received two National Science and Technology Progress Awards (Second Class) in 2003 and 2010. He has also been honored with the William J. Gies Award, Wu Jieping Medical Innovation Award, and Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Award. His research focuses on salivary gland biology and tooth regeneration. Professor Wang discovered the human cell membrane nitrate transport channel and elucidated its critical role in maintaining physiological homeostasis, leading to the proposal of the concept of homeostatic medicine and the development of nitrate-based therapeutic agents. He has also revealed novel mechanisms underlying tooth development, developed dental pulp stem cell-based therapeutics, and achieved successful biological tooth regeneration.