Biography:
Xiaofeng Jia, M.D., M.S., Ph.D., FCCM is the Professor with Tenure in the Department of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Anatomy Neurobiology, the Director of the Neurosurgical Stem Cell Research at the University of Maryland and the Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. JIA is a fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM), and the past Chair of the Research Section, Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). He is the Editor in Chief of the IJMS. His current research interests include brain recovery after cardiac arrest, stem cell therapy, therapeutic hypothermia; peripheral nerve injury and regeneration. Dr. Jia has been a PI on multiple grants from NIH, DARPA, AHA, et al including three active RO1s. Dr. Jia has been serving as a Chartered member of the NIH study section and as an Adhoc member for NIH, DOD, VA, European Commission; et al. He has published 151 peer-review journal papers with 83 of them as the first or corresponding author. He is a recipient of the 2021, 2022, and 2023 SCCM Star Research Achievement Awards.
Title : Novel stem cell therapy to boost recovery from ischemic brain injury