Topic：Neurotrauma Challenges to Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Time：10：00 AM, Oct. 15th(Monday)
Location：Conference Room 317, Building 1, South Campus
Presenter：Dr. Xiaofeng Jia（University of Maryland）
Biography：
Xiaofeng Jia, MD, MS, PhD is the Associate Professor of the Department of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Anatomy Neurobiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He has been a Faculty at the Johns HopkinsUniversity School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD since 2007. His current research interests include brain monitoring and therapeutic hypothermia; peripheral nerve injury and regeneration; bone regeneration and stem cell therapy.
Dr. Jia is a Chartered member of NIH study section for Acute Neural Injury and Epilepsy study section [ANIE] and has been serving as an adhoc member of NIH study sections for BINP、ANIE、BMB、CNNT、ZRG1 BDCN-K、ETTN-10、ZRG1 CFS-N. He has been the invited ad hoc reviewer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Key Program and General Program of Department of Health Sciences panel meeting, European Commission Research Executive Agency; United Kingdom Medical Research Council; Hong Kong Research Grants Council; American Heart Association; Society of Critical Care Medicine; United Kingdom National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia et al. Dr. JIA is an elected member (basic science) of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), elected full member of American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS), appointed Scientific Review committee member and Research Section Steering Committee member, of Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) et al. He is the Editor in Chief of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and the member of eight editorial boards of international SCI journals and the guest editors for the Special issues for the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and BioMed Research International. He is Adhoc Peer Reviewer of 30+ international SCI journals. Dr. Jia has published 100+ peer review journal papers with 60 of them as the first or corresponding author, and over 140 national /international conference publication/abstracts, with 50+ platform presentations and invited presentation. He is a recipient of the Annual Research Awards from AAHS in 2008 (total 3 awarded nationally), the 2009 Top 20 Scientific Exhibits and the 2008 Finalist of Best Overall Poster Award of AAOS, the CPCC Junior Investigator Travel Award from AHA, the Finalist of Research Citation Award from SCCM. His research work was highlighted as a significant advance based on animal research at the 65th American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, 2013, and in NIH Research Matters and NIH 2015 Research Highlights (One of total Eight selected), 2015.
