Xia Xuejun graduated from the School of Pharmacy, Beijing Medical University in 1994, and joined the Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in the same year. In 2012, she was appointed as a professor. Her research fields include "innovative drug delivery route and dosage form design", "insoluble drug solubilization technology", "nano delivery system", "tumor targeted preparations", "mucosal drug delivery preparations", "oral controlled release preparations" and so on. Xia has conducted and participated in a number of national, provincial and ministerial-level scientific research projects. She also participated in the completion of more than 20 new drug development projects, and obtained 19 new drug certificates and 9 clinical approvals, achieving a good achievement conversion. As a result of these studies, she has published more than 50 papers and obtained more than 40 national or PCT authorized patents. In addition, Xia won the third prize of the 2009 Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award and the third prize of the 2009 China Medical Science and Technology Award.