Dr Yuping Ning is the Director of The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, the Director of Key Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Channelopathies of Guangdong Province and the Ministry of Education of China, Guangzhou Medical University. She has long been involved in basic and clinical research on cognitive and emotional disorders in aging. She has won the first prize of China Medical Science and Technology Progress Award and the first prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education. In the past 5 years, she has presided over a number of national key research and development programs, National Natural Science Foundation projects, and 973 and 863 support programs of the Ministry of Science and Technology. She was awarded "Medical Leading Talents of Guangdong Province", "March 8th Red Flag Bearer of Guangdong Province", "High-level Health Key Talents of Guangzhou City", "Excellent Dean of Guangdong Province", and "Outstanding scientific and Technological Worker in the field of Mental Health in China”.