Journal of Liver

Xuefeng Xia

Xuefeng Xia
Principal Investigator, Center for Diabetes Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Houston, Texas, USA

Biography

After completing his postdoctoral training at Baylor College of Medicine in 2002, Dr. Xuefeng Xia joined the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston as an instructor. Dr. Xia was appointed to assistant professor of medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in 2006. He was appointed assistant member at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in 2008. Dr. Xia also holds an adjunct professorship at The Guangzhou Medical University in China. His research projects focus on liver and kidney disease function and disease states, and span the Genomic Medicine and Diabetes & Metabolic Disease research programs at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston. Dr. Xia is also a member of American Gastroenterology Association and The Endocrine Society.

Research Interest

1. Nuclear receptors, diabetes, liver, kidney, genomic medicine