Prof. Yang KE, was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on April 3, 2021. She is responsible for providing independent advice and judgment to our Board.

Prof. Ke is currently the director of Laboratory of Genetics of Peking University Cancer Hospital and an international member of the United States National Academy of Medicine. Prof. Ke is also Vice-president of the Peking University Alumni Association, President of the Peking University Health Science Center Alumni Association, Vice-president of the Chinese Medical Association, President of the Health Professional Education Committee of the Chinese Association of Higher Education, and Vicechairperson of the Steering Committee of Clinical Medicine of the Committee of Academic Degrees of the State Council.

Prof. Ke's research focus is on the upper gastrointestinal tumors, including the cloning of gastric cancer related genes and the functional study of such genes. Together with her team, she has also established the population cohort in esophageal cancer high incidence regions in China, studied the etiology of esophageal cancer, and evaluated the effects and economic efficacy of early screening of the disease. She has published more than 100 papers and had registered patents and been granted awards at national and provincial levels for technological and educational achievements.

Prof. Ke graduated from Beijing Medical College (subsequently known as Beijing Medical University and currently known as Peking University Health Science Center in 1982. From 1985 to 1988, Prof. Ke worked at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health of the United States as a postdoctoral fellow.