Professor Huang is an obstetrician and gynecologist, and also a Chair Professor of Fudan University. She is a pioneer who studied the safety of assisted reproductive technology, made outstanding contributions to the prevention and control of birth defects in China through pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, and revealed the epigenetic mechanism underlying gamete-embryo origins of adult diseases. She is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fellow Honoris Causa of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS).