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2019
Dr. Jia Promoted to Professor, Tenured
July 1, 2019
Dr. Jia was promoted to Professor, tenured, in the Department of Neurosurgery, and to Professor (Secondary), in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and the Department of Orthopaedics.
Dr. Xiaofeng Jia Elected into the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Research Section Board as a Secretary/Treasurer
February 2019
Dr. Jia has been elected into the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Research Section Board as a Secretary/Treasurer after being the member at large for three years.
SCCM is a quite large multidiscipline community with 16,000 members in more than 100 countries. This will be a 1-year appointment, with transition to chair-elect for one year, chair for one year and immediate past chair for one year.
2018
The Journal of Translational Critical Care Medicine Names Xiaofeng Jia, PhD, Co-Executive Editor in Chief
October 2018
Dr. Xiaofeng Jia Awarded New NIH RO1 Grant
September 27, 2018
Dr. Jia has been awarded a Research Project Grant Program (R01) from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). The award provides total $1.7M over a five-year period.
This project will develop and optimize a novel glycan-based intervention via metabolic glycoengineering to promote neural stem cell interaction in vitro, and to improve neurological outcome after cardiac arrest. It will track the fate of transplanted neural stem cell and explore related mechanisms with improved cell survival.
Dr. Jia collaborates on this project with Dr. Kevin J. Yarema, Associate Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.
Discovery Program Awarded to Dr. Xiaofeng Jia by the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF)
July 1, 2018
Dr. Jia has been awarded a $345,000 Discovery Program over a two-year period from Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF). Stem cell research offers extraordinary promise for new medical therapies and a better understanding of debilitating human diseases, injuries and conditions. The development of new medical strategies for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of human diseases, injuries and conditions through human stem cell research is a high priority for the State of Maryland.
This proposal will investigate the effect of neural crest stem cells therapy delivered by 3D printing of bifurcated multi-gradient nerve scaffold in a peripheral nerve defect repair animal model via histopathological, electrophysiological and functional outcome measurements. Dr. Jia collaborates on this project with Dr. Gabsang Lee, Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience, and Institute of Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.
In addition, Dr. Jia is also collaborated with Dr. Blake N. Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech.
2016
Dr. Xiaofeng Jia Named Editor in Chief of International Journal of Molecular Sciences
October 19, 2016
Section 'Translational Medicine'
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/editors
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
ISSN 1422-0067, Impact Factor – 3.257, 2016
2015
Dr. Jia Named Associate Editor in Chief of International Journal of Molecular Sciences
September 17, 2015
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
ISSN 1422-0067, Impact Factor – 2.862, 2014
Xiaofeng Jia Appointed as a Chartered Member of ANIE Study Section, NIH Center for Scientific Review
June 15, 2015
2013
The Biomed Research International Names Xiafend Jia, Phd as Lead Guest Editor
September 18, 2013
Special Issue:
Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Mechanism, Cell Biology, and Therapies
Biomedical Research International (ISSN 2314-6133, Impact Factor – 2.880, 2012)
This special issue belongs to the subject area "Neuroscience"
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 21 Feb 2014
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Dr. Xiaofeng Jia Named Guest Editor of International Journal of Molecular Sciences
August 23, 2013
Special Issue:
Neurological Injuries' Monitoring, Tracking and Treatment [Sep.11.2013]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
ISSN 1422-0067, Impact Factor – 2.464, 2012
This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics"
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2014
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Dr. Xiaofeng Jia Awarded NIH RO1 Grant
July 1, 2013
Dr. Jia has been awarded a Research Project Grant Program (R01) from National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award provides total $2M over a five-year period. The goal of Dr. Jia’s project is to develop novel quantitative EEG based neuro-electrical markers of coma and arousal after cardiac arrest, and modulate therapeutic hypothermia by quantitative electrophysiological markers toward improved functional outcome.
This project seeks to explore the impact of therapeutic hypothermia on spatio-temporal pattern of glucose utilization measured by small animal positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, and electrophysiological recovery after cardiac arrest.
Dr. Jia collaborated with Dr. Nitish Thakor’s research team on the signal processing aspects and clinical neurologist Dr. Romergryko Geocadin.
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Exploratory Grant Awarded to Dr. Xiaofeng Jia by the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF)
May 20, 2013
Dr. Jia has been awarded a $200,000 Exploratory Grant over a two-year period from Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF). This grant supports the researchers new to the stem cell field and new and/or innovative hypotheses, approaches, mechanisms or models that will advance the field of regenerative medicine and generate human stem cell therapies to repair or replace missing, damaged, or diseased cells, tissues and organs.
Dr. Jia will use this funding to develop potential cell based therapies for peripheral nerve injury to enhance peripheral nerve regeneration and functional recovery in a translational model. Dr. Jia collaborates on this project with Dr. Gabsang Lee, Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience, and Institute of Cell Engineering. In addition, Dr. Jia is also collaborated with Dr. Hai-Quan Mao and Dr. Guo-li Ming.
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