Professor Luo Zhang is one of the most well-known rhinologists in China, and in the world because of his major scientific contributions to the field. Currently, he is President of Beijing TongRen Hospital and the president-elect of the Chinese Allergy Society (CAS).

Research from his group has resulted in more than 420 peer reviewed publications. Over the last decade Professor Zhang’s research has focused on the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis, the regulation of airway ciliary activity, mechanisms of specific-allergen immunotherapy of allergic rhinitis, and surgical techniques of endoscopic sinus surgery.

Amber U. Luong, MD, PhD, serves as a Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the McGovern Medical School of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a joint appointment within the Center of Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases at the Institute of Molecular Medicine. She also serves as the President-Elect for the American Rhinologic Society and an Associate Editor for the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology.

Amber Luong is a 2020 Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM), recipient of the 2017 Women in Otolaryngology Helen F. Krause, MD Memorial Trailblazer Award and the 2017 Women Faculty Forum Excellence Award. Her primary research interest focuses on understanding the role of the innate immune response in the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis, with a particular interest in the role of environmental fungi in initiating these innate immune responses. She is the recipient of the 2019 Edmund Prince Fowler Award for best basic science research thesis from the Triological Society. Dr. Amber U. Luong has co-authored over 110 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.