Professor Jia, Wei 賈偉
Professor Jia, Wei 賈偉
| Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 1990-1991 | University of Missouri-Columbia | M.S. |
| 1982-1986 | Jiangnan University | B.Sci. |
| 1992-1996 | University of Missouri Columbia | Ph.D. |
Dr. Wei Jia completed his M.S. and Ph.D. in radiopharmaceutical science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. At the age of 36, he achieved the rank of full professor and went on to establish and manage successful interdisciplinary research programs in both academic and industrial settings. With over 30 years of experience in the medical field, Dr. Jia has held various administrative positions, including Executive Vice Dean of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Tianjin University (2001-2002); Associate Dean of the School of Pharmacy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2003-2008); and founding Director of the Center for Translational Biomedical Research at University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2008-2013). In addition, he has served as Director of the Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University affiliated 6th People’s Hospital since 2010, Associate Director of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center from 2013 to 2019, and more recently, Acting Dean of School of Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University.
Dr. Wei Jia is a distinguished member of the Academia Europaea, having been elected to the Physiology & Neuroscience Section in 2023. His outstanding contributions to the field of scientific research have earned him consistent recognition on the "Highly Cited Chinese Researchers" list by Elsevier and the "World's top 2% scientists" list by Stanford University. Notably, his groundbreaking research on the interaction between melamine in infant formula and childhood gut bacteria, leading to kidney toxicity, was selected as one of the top ten scientific breakthroughs by Science magazine in 2013.
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