{"id":54486,"date":"2016-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/01\/25\/new-investigator-jingwei-xie-ph-d\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:08:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:08:28","slug":"new-investigator-jingwei-xie-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/01\/25\/new-investigator-jingwei-xie-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"New Investigator: Jingwei Xie, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><i>This profile is part of a series to highlight the researchers who will be honored at a ceremony for UNMC&#8217;s 2015 Scientist Laureate, Research Leadership, Distinguished Scientist and New Investigator Award recipients.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout-right\">\n<h3>The New Investigator Award<\/h3>\n<p>New Investigator Awards go to outstanding UNMC scientists who in the past two years have secured their first funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense or other national sources.<br \/>\nNew Investigators also had to demonstrate scholarly activity such as publishing their research and\/or presenting their findings at national conventions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Jingwei Xie, Ph.D.\n<li><b>Title:<\/b> Assistant professor, surgery, College of Medicine\n<li><b>Joined UNMC:<\/b> January 2014\n<li><b>Hometown:<\/b> Mengcheng, Anhui Province, China<\/ul>\n<p><b>Research focus:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>biomaterials\n<li>tissue regeneration\n<li>drug delivery<\/ul>\n<p><b>Describe your research briefly in layman&#8217;s terms.<\/b><br \/>\nMy research is to develop novel nano- and micro-structured materials for use in the health care field.<\/p>\n<p><b>How does your research contribute to science and\/or health care?<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nMy research contributes to better understanding of materials and cell\/tissue interaction and better design of biomedical devices\/materials for use in health care. 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