The HBV International Meeting 2024 was held from September 11 to September 14, 2024 in Chicago, USA. At the opening ceremony of the meeting, Prof. Wenhui Li of Institute for Biomedical Interdisciplinary Research, Tsinghua University was awarded the Distinguished Award in Hepatitis B Research.

The committee felt that Dr. Li's discovery of the HBV receptor NTCP was a truly transformative breakthrough in HBV research, and that the creative follow-up work that followed this discovery was of the highest quality.

“The committee feels your identification of the NTCP receptor for HBV was a truly transformative breakthrough in HBV research, and that your creative follow-up of that discovery is of extremely high quality.”

In his acceptance speech, Wenhui Li reviewed the discovery and reported sharing recent research progress and outlook.

The International Hepatitis B Virus Meeting (International HBV Meeting) brings together hundreds of experts from around the globe each year to discuss topics such as the latest cutting-edge research, drug discovery and treatment advances. Since 1985, it has been the top international professional meeting in the field of hepatitis B virus.

Dr. Wenhui Li

Professor, Institute of Biomedical Interdisciplinary Research, Tsinghua University

Honors

2022 Future Science Award-Life Science Award

2021 Baruch S. Blumberg Prize

2017 Beijing Scholar

2013 WuXi AppTec Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Chemistry of Life

2012 Zhou Guangzhao Foundation Outstanding Young Scientist Award in Basic Science

Education

2001 Ph.D. in Pathogenesis, Peking Union Medical College/Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China

1997 M.S. in Immunology, Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products

1994 B.S. in Preventive Medicine, Lanzhou University School of Medicine

Work Experience

2019-Present Professor, Institute of Biomedical Interdisciplinary Research, Tsinghua University, China

2015-present Senior Researcher, Institute of Life Sciences, Beijing, China

2007-2014 Research Fellow, Institute of Life Sciences, Beijing

2004-2007 Lecturer, Harvard Medical School

2001-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School