Dr. Liu is currently Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
(Endocrinology) at Brown University. Dr. Liu’s research spans from basic
inquiry of the genetic basis for metabolic diseases to molecular epidemiology
and clinical risk modeling and interventions. He has been principal
investigator of NIH-sponsored studies that cut across the fields of molecular
genetics, nutrition, and clinical trials concerning the early detection and
prevention of vascular disorders in diverse human populations. Recent work has
been at the interface of nutrition and genomics with emphasis on understanding
their interplays in affecting vascular outcomes.Using biomarkers for dietary
carbohydrates, Dr. Liu and colleagues were among the first to validate dietary
glycemic load (GL) in population-based studies and prospectively link high GL
to increased cardiovascular risk. He has published more than 300 research
reports in top-tier biomedical journals (NEJM, JAMA, Annals, Diabetes, AJHG,
and AJCN), some of which are among the most-frequently cited in medicine and
nutrition (total citations ~65,000, h-index=114 according to Google
Scholar).Prof. Liu is an elected fellow/member of several prestigious medical
societies including the American Heart Association (FAHA), the American Society
of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and American Epidemiological Society (AES). Prof Liu has served on several advisory
committees for local, national and international authorities addressing issues
in medicine, nutrition and public health (WHO, NIH, CDC and MRC, including the
medical Institutional Review Board at UCLA).