Dr. Hu received his medical degree at Tongji Medical College in Wuhan and PhD at University of Illinois, Chicago. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. His research has focused on epidemiology and prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in both developed and developing countries. Dr. Hu is the receipient of the American Heart Association Established Investigator Award. He is also a Yangtze Scholar at Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology.