Jinping Xu, M.D., M.S.
jxu@med.wayne.edu


Departmental Role

As a clinician-educator in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, my contribution has been directed at clinical practice, teaching, and practice-based research. My practice is serving a diverse patient population, including African-Americans, Arabs, Asians, in particular Chinese, in addition to Caucasians. My research focus is in practice-based research, especially in women's health, men’s health, health disparity, and cancer treatment decision-making. I am currently on editorial board of Family Practice. The majority of my teaching occurs in outpatient office through individual precepting of residents and medical students.



Education

Shandong Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China, M.D. 1985

Shandong Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China, M.S. 1988

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, M.S. in Clinical Research Design and Statistics. 2005

Training and Experience

Resident Physician, Dept. of Pediatrics, Shandong Medical University, China (1985-1988)

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Shandong Medical University, China (1989-1993)

Research Fellow, Dept. of Pediatrics, Oregon Health Sciences University, OR (1993-1995)

Research Associate, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Oregon Health Sciences University (1995-1998)

Resident Physician, Dept. of Family Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL (1998-2001)

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (2001- Present)

Trainee, NIH K30 training program in clinical research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (2003 – 2005)

Primary Research Interests

Practice-based Research

Women’s Health

Health Disparity

Treatment Decision-making

Cancer Control and Prevention

Selected Publications

Xu J, Schwartz K, Bartoces M, Monsur J, Rick Severson, Sobel J. Effect of antibiotics use on vulvovaginal candidiasis: a MetroNet study.  Journal of American Board of Family Medicine 21:261-268, 2008.

Xu J, Schwartz K, Hitchcock K, Kittinger-Aisenberg L.  How should you treat Candida vaginitis in patients on antibiotics? Journal of Family Practice, 56(8):671-672, 2007.

Albright T, Grief S, Carroll R, Xu J.  Ileoileal intussusception in an adult patient.  Canadian Family Physician 53:241-243, 2007.

Xu J, Bartoces M, Neale V, Dailey R, Northrup J, Schwartz KL. Natural history of menopause symptoms in primary care patients: a MetroNet study. Journal of American Board of Family Practice 18:374-82, 2005.

Schwartz K, Deschere B, Xu J. Screening for prostate cancer. Journal of Family Practice 54(7):586-96, 2005.

Xu J, Sobel JD. Candida vulvovaginitis in pregnancy. Current Infectious Disease Reports 6: 445-449, 2004.

Xu J, Schwartz K, Monsur J, Northrup J, and Neale V. Patient-clinician agreement on signs and symptoms of ‘strep throat’: a MetroNet Study. Family Practice 21(6):599-604, 2004.

Xu J, Sobel JD. Antibiotic-associated vulvovaginal candidiasis. Current Infectious Disease Reports 5:481-487, 2003.

Boyle R, Highstein SM, Carey JP, Xu J.  Functional recovery of anterior semicircular canal afferent following hair cell regeneration in birds.  Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 3:149-66, 2002.

Xu J, Bartoces M, Neale V, Dailey R, Northrup J, Schwartz KL. Natural history of menopause symptoms in primary care patients: a MetroNet study. Journal of American Board of Family Practice 18:374-82, 2005.