Qiufen Wang received her Ph.D. from Tongji Medical University, P. R. China. She is presently an Associate Professor of Medicine at Huazhong University of Science and Technology Human Genome Research Center and the Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China. Her research interests include the molecular genetics and the immune mechanisms of cardiovascular disease.