Dr. Shuo Xiao is a tenured Associate Professor from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. He earned his MBBS in Preventive Medicine and MS in Toxicology from Peking University, followed by a PhD in Female Reproductive Biology and Toxicology from University of Georgia. He completed his Postdoctoral Training in Dr. Teresa Woodruff’ lab at Northwestern University. Dr. Xiao’s current research is dedicated to advancing women’s reproductive health. His research is funded by NIH (NIEHS and NICHD), DOD, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Xiao and his team have published > 60 peer-reviewed papers in high impact journals, including Nature Communications, Environmental Health Perspectives, Biology of Reproduction, and Toxicological Sciences.
Research Highlights
The Xiao lab research is primarily focused on women’s reproductive health. There are multiple active projects including
- The impacts of environmental contaminants and medicines on women’s reproductive health, in particular of ovaries and uterus and associated menstrual cycles, fertility, and early pregnancy;
- Engineering an ovary-on-a-chip and female reproductive system-on-chip using microfluidic and organoid technologies;
- Development of novel birth control pills for women;
- Women’s reproductive diseases such as premature ovarian failure and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
Scholarly Activities
Dr. Xiao currently has leadership roles in multiple academic and professional soceities:
- Chair of Basic Science Committee of Oncofertility Consortium
- President of American Association of Chinese in Toxicology (AACT)
- Secretary/Treasurer of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Reproductive and Developmental Specialty Section (RDTSS)
- Toxicology Division Councilor of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).
Awards & Distinctions
- Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) Virendra B. Mahesh New Investigator Award, 2024
- American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Toxicology Division Early Career Award, 2024
- JOINN Biomere Outstanding Young Toxicologist Award of American Association of Chinese in Toxicology (AACT), 2023
- Chancellor Basic Sciences Researcher Award, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS), Rutgers University, 2022
- New-Career Scientist Award, Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Specialty Section (RDTSS), Society of Toxicology (SOT), 2022
- The Rising Stars in Reproductive Biology Webinar Series. Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR), 2022
- Best Publication in Toxicological Sciences, Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Specialty Section (RDTSS), Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting, 2021