2005至2011年就读于北京大学，获历史学博士学位。哈佛大学东亚系访问学者（2009.8-2010.7）。现为中国人民大学历史学院副教授。主要从事中国古代医学和文化史研究，尤其关注中国古代的医疗与信仰、身体感与身体表达以及写本时代的书籍与阅读。其中与环境史相关的研究议题是中古城市环境与疾病的文化叙述。

Dr. Chen Hao was educated at Peking University (A.B., 2005. D.Phil., 2011). From August 2009 to July 2010 he was a visiting fellow in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilization at Harvard University. He has taught at the History Department at RUC since 2011. His research and teaching are centered on the medical and cultural history of ancient China, with special attention to healing and belief, bodily sensations and expressions, books and reading in manuscript culture. One of his recent projects related to environment history deals with the cultural narrative of diseases and the urban environment in medieval China.