Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh,
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine.
Xiangwei Xiao
Address:
219 Woodmont Dr, Pittsburgh, PA15238.
Research Interests:
Diabetes, islet biology, beta cell regeneration pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer biotechniques in diabetic research Endocrinology molecular biology
Biography:
Honors and Awards:
- Outstanding Graduate Medical Student Fellowship, 1996-1997
- Tianjin Scientific and Technological Prize “The Establishment of the TRAP-HPLC Method and the Study of the Telomerase Activities of Two Classes of Bladder Carcinoma, 1998, No 98ZR-3-249
- Technological Achievement Prize “Development of Computer Assisted Ultrasonic Diagnosis Program, 2000, No TJMU KG99017-2
- National Scientific and Technological Prize “The Studies of Early Period Lesion and Gene Expression Products of Two Classes of Bladder Carcinoma, 2001
- Promoter and Ph.D Fellowship of VRIJE Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 2001-2010
- Oral presentations: European Beta Cell Therapy Consortium, Brussels, Belgium, 2006 and 2010
- Oral presentation and complete travel grant: Beta Cell Biology Consortium (BCBC), Chicago, USA, 2004
- Poster presentation and complete travel grant: Beta Cell Biology Consortium (BCBC), Boston, USA, 2006
- Best Poster Award for European Summer School for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Hydra Greece, 2008
- Oral presentation: 2nd Rango’s Research Symposium, Pittsburgh, 2012
- Poster presentation: 4th Midwest Islet Club, Pittsburgh, 2012
- Oral presentation: 5th Midwest Islet Club, Michigan, 2013
- Oral presentation: 73th American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2013
- Poster presentation: 51st Annual Midwest Society for Developmental Biology Meeting, St. Louis, 2013
- Cochrane-Weber endowed Fund in Diabetes Research 2013-2014 (PI)