Liu applies biostatistics, the statistical analysis of complex data generated through modern biological approaches and clinical information, to find correlations between biomarkers, disease and individual patient health.
Liu earned a medical degree and a master’s degree in health statistics at Shanxi Medical University in Taiyuan, China. She obtained a Ph.D. in biostatistics at Shanghai Medical University in Shanghai, China in 1998. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biostatistics and epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts. While there, she earned a second master’s degree in public health and epidemiology. In 2005, Liu was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Cancer Biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). Two years later, she joined the Biostatistical Research Group in the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine and served as an assistant professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Medicine at UMMS. Liu joined The Wistar Institute in 2011 as an associate professor and was promoted to professor in 2017.
The Liu Laboratory
