Recently, Professor Hu, a professor at the School of Brain Science and Brain Medicine of Zhejiang University and director of the Frontier Science Center of Brain-Computer Integration of the Ministry of Education, won the 24th World Outstanding Female Scientist Award. This time, there are five scientists. Professor Hu in China has made outstanding contributions in the field of neuroscience, especially in the study of depression. Her research has greatly promoted the research and development of a new generation of antidepressants, which is good news for patients with depression.

Professor Hu was born in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, 1973. He graduated from Peking University and University of California, Berkeley, and joined the Institute of Neuroscience of China Academy of Sciences in February 2008. It is worth noting that the World Outstanding Female Scientist Award is not the first international award that Professor Hu has won. As early as July 20 19 and 15, Professor Hu won the 12 IBRO-Kemali International Award, which is a well-known international brain research institution-Camry International Award.

Professor Hu's research field is mainly the molecular and neural circuit mechanism of emotion and social behavior. The World Outstanding Female Scientist Award won by Professor Hu is also an international award with high gold content, and all the scientists who can win this award are excellent. This award has been held for 24 times this year. The World Outstanding Female Scientist Award was established in 1998. The award was jointly established by UNESCO and L 'Oré al France Foundation. Up to now, 122 outstanding female scientists have won scientific and technological awards. We also noticed that no Asian female scientist had won the award before Professor Hu. She is the first Asian to win this honor.

Professor Hu has made remarkable achievements in the field of neuroscience, and her research can help people with depression to better fight depression.