Lijuan Xia is currently a lecturer at Ningxia Medical University. She has been awarded the Ningxia Nursing Society Excellent Paper Award three times. She is also a member of the Palliative Care Specialty Committee of the Ningxia Anti-Cancer Association. She has long been engaged in oncology nursing research and is committed to developing models to counteract the side effects of cancer treatments.She has published 34 academic papers and spoken at more than 10 academic conferences at home and abroad, and has independently undertaken 7 research projects funded by funds at home and abroad. She has been a reviewer for International Journal of Nursing Science (English) and Journal of Nursing Science. She has been invited to give academic reports at ICCN. She has close research collaborations with St. Luke’s International University of Japan.

Oncology Nursing, Chronic Disease Nursing and Palliative Care

2024-Present   St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Nursing Science, in progress

2008-2011      Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China, Master of Science (MS) in Nursing

2000-2003     Ningxia Radio and TV University, Yinchuan, China, Associate Degree in Nursing

2023     Ningxia Nursing Society Excellent Paper Award, First Prize

2020     Ningxia Nursing Society Excellent Paper Award, First Prize

2018     Ningxia Nursing Society Excellent Paper Award, First Prize

2017     Ningxia Natural Science Excellent Academic Paper Award, Third Prize

2017     Ningxia Medical Science Excellent Academic Paper Award, Third Prize

2024-present     Study on trajectory and multimodal intervention for sarcopenia in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients undergoing treatment. Ningxia Natural Science Foundation project. Role: Principal Investigator. RMB: 80,000.

2023-present     Study and Application of a progressive case-based training model in rheumatology and immunology nursing. Key Research and Development Plan of Ningxia. Role:  Principal Investigator. RMB: 220,000.

Xia, L., Yang, F., Hayashi, N., Ma, Y., Yan, B., Du, Y., Chen, S., Xia, Y., Feng, F., & Ma, Z. (2024). Investigation of nutritional factors and malnutrition risk prediction model in hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in China. Journal of Inflammation Research, 17, 8891–8904. 

Xia, L., Hayashi, N., Ota, E., Qi, L., & Yan, B. (2025). Effects of non-pharmacological interventions on nutrition and immune status of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients during chemoradiotherapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open, 15(9), e103714. 

Yang, F., Xia, L.*, & Feng, F. (2023). Visualization analysis of rheumatoid arthritis nursing management research based on Web of Science. General Nursing, 21, 2467–2471. 

Xia, L., Feng, F., Shi, X., Liu, S., Ma, Z., & Min, J. (2022). The effect of written disclosure on patients after total laryngectomy for laryngeal cancer. Chinese Nursing Management, 04, 517–523. 

Xia, L., Zhang, X., Liu, S., Shi, X., Ma, Z., Min, J., & Liu, Y. (2021). Nurse-led multidisciplinary collaborative nutrition management for nasopharyngeal cancer patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Journal of Nursing Science, 04, 82–85. 

Xia, L., Zhang, X., Shi, X., Ma, Z., Liu, S., Min, J., & Hao, Y. (2019). A qualitative study on the sexual life of cervical cancer patients after treatment in Ningxia. Chinese Sexual Science, 04, 157–160.