Shizhan Gong is currently a final year PhD student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), working under the supervision of Professor Qi Dou and Professor Farzan Farnia. His research focuses on the intersection of vision-language models and explainability/interpretability, particularly in the context of medical image analysis. Shizhan is passionate about developing innovative solutions that enhance the understanding and usability of AI systems in healthcare, ensuring they are both effective and transparent. He has published several papers as the first author in top-tier conferences and journals, including ICML, ICLR, CVPR, IPMI, TMI, and MedIA.