Rate My Professor Zhidao Xia

Dr. Zhidao (Dao) Xia is a Senior Lecturer of Regenerative Medicine in Swansea University Medical School and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences at Swansea University. Holding a Doctor of Philosophy, his academic career includes positions at the Department of Orthopaedics, Tongji Medical University in Wuhan, China from 1991 to 1998, and the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences at the University of Oxford from 1999 to 2010. Since March 2010, he has been affiliated with Swansea University's College of Medicine, advancing research in regenerative medicine within the Medicine faculty.

Xia's research interests focus on skeletal tissue regeneration, mainly bone and cartilage, using biomaterials, stem cells, and controlled drug/growth factor delivery. He specializes in developing biodegradable materials, studying biodegradation mechanisms and the interface between biomaterials and host tissue, as well as adverse tissue reactions and clinical complications of medical implants to create better biocompatible biomaterials. Engaged in translational research, he collaborates with industries to commercialize a patent-pending 3D-printed biodegradable bone graft substitute. He has secured funding such as the 2023 project 'Manufacturing and assessment of osteogenically enhanced hydroxyapatite/calcium carbonate bone scaffolds' and the 2022 project 'Enhancing osteogenic capabilities of human umbilical cord matrix mesenchymal stem cells on 3D-printed hydroxyapatite/calcium carbonate scaffolds.' Key publications include 'Knee osteoarthritis pendulum therapy: In vivo evaluation and a randomised, single-blind feasibility clinical trial' (Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, 2024), 'Artificial bone scaffolds of coral imitation prepared by selective laser sintering' (Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2020), 'Nano-analyses of wear particles from metal-on-metal and non-metal-on-metal dual modular neck hip arthroplasty' (Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 2016), 'Combination of cobalt, chromium and titanium nanoparticles increases cytotoxicity in vitro and pro-inflammatory cytokines in vivo' (Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, 2022), 'Microneedle-Assisted Transfersomes as a Transdermal Delivery System for Aspirin' (Pharmaceutics, 2024), 'Role of hypoxia inducible factor 1alpha in cobalt nanoparticle induced cytotoxicity of human THP-1 macrophages' (Biomaterials Translational, 2021), and 'In vitro two-dimensional and three-dimensional tenocyte culture for tendon tissue engineering' (Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2016). His work has received over 6,000 citations on Google Scholar, reflecting significant impact in the field of regenerative medicine.