Professor Chun-Ying Wu, Associate Dean, College of Medicine and Director, Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University; Chief, Devision of Translational Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Prof. Wu received his M.D. degree from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1991, M.P.H. degree from Harvard School of Public Health in 1993, and Ph.D. degree from NTU in 2007. Prof. Wu has positions as the Associate Dean, College of Medicine and Director, Biomedical Informatics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University; Chief, Division of Translational Research, and Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; and also Joint Appointment Researcher of National Institute of Cancer Research. Prof. Wu establishes Taiwan Microbiome Consortium and currently serves as the President. Prof. Wu is now the Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Digestive Medicine, associate editor of Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and editorial member of Gut, the executive of the Taiwan Liver Cancer Association, and the Taiwan Evidence-based Medicine Association. Prof. Wu has published many articles in top ranking journals such as JAMA, J Clinical Oncology, JAMA Intern Med, Gastroenterology, Gut, J of Hepatology, Hepatology, Annals of Surgery, Gastrointest Endoscopy, Biosens Bioelectron, etc. Prof. Wu owns several patents, such gastric cancer screening, hepatitis B virus quantitative detection methods, microbiota to treat metabolic syndrome, etc. Prof. Wu is the winner of 2016 National Innovation Award, 2015 Outstanding Research Award of Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology, and 2015 Asia-Pacific Emerging Leadership Award.