Academic Appointments

n 2019.9-Present  Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

n 2019.1-2019.7 Research Associate, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA

n 2015.9-2018.12  Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA

                                                Education

n 2010.9-2015.7  Ph.D. in Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.

n 2005.9-2010.6  B.S. in Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.

n 2007.1-2010.6  B.A. in English Languages and Literature (Dual Degree), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

                                                Postdoctoral Training

n 2015.9-2018.12  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA

                                                Selected Awards

§ 2018 Finalist in Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Competition, American Society for Nutrition

§ 2018  Travel Award for Teaching Kitchen Collaborative Research Day, Culinary Institute of America

  Editorial Activities

   2019- Editor, Epidemiology Section, European Journal of Nutrition

   2019- Associate Editor, BMC Public Health

   2019- Editorial Board, International Journal of Obesity

   2019- Editorial Board, Nutrients

   2019- Editorial Board, Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascu lar Diseases

  Research Interests

§ Epidemiological studies to investigate nutritional and lifestyle factors, as well as environmental pollutants, in relation to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease

§ Nutrition intervention studies for the prevention of type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease

§ Meta-analysis in nutritional epidemiology

  Selected Publications

(Full list can be found at http://www.researcherid.com/rid/H-6420-2019/)

1. Liu G*, Guasch-Ferré M, Hu Y, Li YP, Hu FB, Rimm EB, Manson JE, Rexrode KM, Sun Q. Nut Consumption in Relation to Cardiovascular Disease Incidence and Mortality among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Circ Res. 2019;124:920–929 (*corresponding author)

2. Liu G, Li YP, Hu Y, Zong G, Li SS, Rimm EB, Hu FB, Manson JE, Rexrode KM, Shin HJ, Sun Q. Influence of Lifestyle on Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018;71:2867–76.

3. Liu G, Zong G, Kana Wu, Hu Y, Li YP, Willett WC, Eisenberg DM, Hu FB, Sun Q. Meat Cooking Methods and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Results from Three Prospective Cohort Studies. Diabetes Care. 2018;41(5): 1049-1060.

4. Liu G, Dhana K, Furtado JD, Rood J, Zong G, Liang LM, Qi L, Bray GA, Dejonge L, Coull B, Grandjean P, Sun Q. Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Changes in Body Weight and Resting Metabolic Rate in Response to Weight-Loss Diets: A Prospective Study. PLoS Medicine. 2018;15(2):e1002502.

5. Liu G, Zong G, Hu FB, Willett WC, Eisenberg DM, Sun Q. Cooking Methods for Red Meats and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Study of U.S. Women. Diabetes Care. 2017;40(8): 1041-1049.

6. Liu G, Zong G, Dhana K, Hu Y, Blount BC, Morel-Espinosa M, Sun Q. Exposure to Perchlorate, Nitrate, and Thiocyanate and Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus. Int J Epidemiol. 2017;46(6):1913-1923.

7. Liu G, Liang L, Bray GA, Bray GA, Qi L, Hu FB, Rood J, Sacks FM, Sun Q. Thyroid Hormones and Changes in Body Weight and Metabolic Parameters in Response to Weight-Loss Diets: The POUNDS Lost Trial. Int J Obes. 2017; 41(6):878-886.

8. Liu G, Ding M, Chiuve SE, Rimm EB, Franks PW, Meigs JB, Hu FB, Sun Q. Plasma Levels of Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 4, Retinol-Binding Protein 4, High-Molecular-Weight Adiponectin, and Cardiovascular Mortality among Men with Type 2 Diabetes: A 22-Year Prospective Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016;36(11):2259-2267.

9. Liu G, Sun Q, Zhu MJ, Sun L, Wang ZZ, Li HX, Li Z, Chen Y, Yin HY, Lin X. Nickel Exposure and Prevalent Albuminuria and β2-Microglobulinuria: Evidence from a Population-Based Study. J Epidemiol Commun H. 2016;70(5):437-443.

10. Liu G, Deng Y, Sun L, Ye XW, Yao P, Hu Y, Wang FJ, Ma YW, Li HX, Liu Y, Sun Q, Lin X. Elevated Plasma Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Receptor 2 and Resistin are Associated with Increased Incidence of Kidney Function Decline in Chinese Adults. Endocrine. 2016; 52(3):541-549.

11. Liu G, Zong, G, Richard D, Sun Q. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Taste and Smell Impairment in a Nation-wide Representative Sample of the U.S. Population: a Cross-sectional Study. BMJ Open. 2016; 6(11):e013246.

12. Liu G, Sun L, Pan A, Zhu M, Li Z, Wang ZZ, Liu X, Ye XW, Li HX, Zheng H, Ong CN, Yin HY, Lin X, Chen Y. Nickel Exposure is Associated with the Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes in Chinese Adults. Int J Epidemiol. 2015;44(1):240-248.

13. Liu G*, Lu L*, Sun Q, Ye XW, Sun L, Liu X, Zong G, Jin QL, Li HX, Lin X. Poor Vitamin D Status is Prospectively Associated with Greater Muscle Mass Loss in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Individuals. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2014;114(10): 1544–1551. (*co-first author)

14. Jiao JJ, Liu G, Shin HJ, Hu FB, Rimm EB, Rexrode KM, Manson JE, Zong G, Sun Q. Dietary Fats and Mortality among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. BMJ. 2019;366:l4009.

15. Qian F, Liu G, Hu F, Bhupathiraju SN, Sun Q. Plant-Based Dietary Patterns and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Observational Studies. JAMA Intern Med. 2019; doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2195.

16. Baden MY, Liu G, Satija A, Li YP, Sun Q, Fung TT, Rimm EB, Walter WC, Hu FB, Bhupathiraju SN. Changes in Plant-Based Diet Quality and Total and Cause-Specific Mortality. Circulation. 2019; doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.041014.

17. Zong G, Liu G, Willett WC, Wanders AJ, Alssema M, Zock PL, Hu F, Sun Q. Associations between Intakes of Linoleic Acid and Incident Type 2 Diabetes among U.S. Men and Women. Diabetes Care. 2019; dc190412.

18. Hu Y, Zong G, Liu G, Wang ML, Rosner B, Pan A, Willett WC, Manson JE, Hu FB, Sun Q. Smoking Cessation, Weight Change, Type 2 Diabetes and Mortality. New Engl J Med. 2018; 379(7):623-632.

19. Dhana K, Haines J, Liu G, Zhang CL, Wang XB, Field AE, Chavarro JE, Sun Q. Maternal Adherence to Healthy Lifestyle Practices and Risk of Obesity in Offspring: Results from Cohort Studies of Mother-Child Pairs. BMJ. 2018;362:k2486.

20. Ma L, Liu G, Sampson L, Willett WC, Hu, FB, Sun Q. Dietary glucosinolates and risk of type 2 diabetes in three prospective cohort studies. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018;107(4):617-625.

21. Juan J, Liu G, Willett WC, Hu FB, Rexrode KM, Sun Q. Whole Grain Consumption and Risk of Ischemic Stroke: Results from Two Prospective Cohort Studies. Stroke. 2017;48(12):3203-3209.