Jianhong Wu received his PhD degree in Applied Mathematics from Hunan University in 1987, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellow study in Mathematical Biology at University of Alberta. He is currently a University Distinguished Research Professor, a Canada Research Chair and an NSERC Industrial Research Chair, York University. The research expertise of Professor Wu includes infectious disease modeling and data analytics to inform public health decision making and immunization program design and evaluation. He led national teams of disease modelling to support public health emergency rapid response for the SARS outbreak and H1N1 influenza pandemic. He is currently leading a national COVID-19 modeling rapid response task force.