Professor of Nutrition & Food Hygiene
Department of Nutrition & Food Hygiene
*liugang026@hust.edu.cn
Overview
Dr. Gang Liu, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Assistant Dean, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Dr. Liu’s research has focused on diet/lifestyle, metabolic, and genetic factors in relation to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Liu’s group is also interested in nutrition intervention studies for the prevention of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He has published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol, JACC, Circ Res, Nat Hum Behav, Diabetes Care, PLoS Med, NEJM, and BMJ. He has served as an Associate Editor of European Journal of Nutrition, Nutrition & Metabolism, and BMC Public Health. He has been invited to review papers for more than 30 international journals including Lancet, JAMA, BMJ, Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinol, Diabetes Care and Am J Clin Nutr.
Academic Areas
Nutrition Epidemiology/ Nutrition Intervention / Environmental Epidemiology /Chronic Disease Epidemiology
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 Professional Affiliations
2020 Associate Editor, Nutrition & Metabolism
2019 Editor, Epidemiology Section, European Journal of Nutrition
2019 Associate Editor, BMC Public Health
2019 Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Obesity
2019 Editorial Board Member, Nutrients
2019 Editorial Board Member, Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Awards and Honors
2019 Best Manuscript Award by Circulation Research
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
Education
2019.1-2019.7 Research Associate, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA2015.9-2018.12 Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
2010.9-2015.7 Ph.D. Institute for Nutritional Sciences, SIBS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
2005.9-2010.6 B.S. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
2007.1-2010.6 B.A. (Dual Degree), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Academic Appointments
2022.10-Present Professor, Assistant Dean, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of S cience and Technology, Wuhan, China
2019.9-Present Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2019.1-2019.7 Research Associate, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
2015.9-2018.12 Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
Select Publications
Journal Article
(Full list can be found at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gang_Liu10/publications
1. Qiu ZX#, Chen X#, Geng TT, Wan ZZ, Lu Q, Li L, Zhu K, Zhang XN, Liu YJ, Lin XY, Chen LK, Shan ZL, Liu LG, Pan A, Liu G*. Associations of Serum Carotenoids With Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality Among Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: Results From NHANES. Diabetes Care. 2022; 45(6):1453-1461 (*corresponding author)
2. Chen X, Wan ZZ, Geng TT, Zhu K, Li R, Lu Q, Lin XY, Liu S, Chen LK, Guo YJ, Shan ZL, Liu LG, Pan A, Manson JE, Liu G*. Vitamin D Status, Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms, and Risk of Microvascular Complications among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Study. Diabetes Care. 2022; in press (*corresponding author)
3. Wan ZZ#, Guo JY#, Pan A, Chen C, Liu LG, Liu G*. Association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among individuals with diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care. 2021;44(2):350-357 (*corresponding author)
4. Geng TT, Wang Y, Lu Q, Zhang YB, Chen JX, Zhou YF, Wan ZZ, Guo KQ, Yang K, Liu LG, Liu G*, Pan A*. Associations of New-onset Atrial Fibrillation with Risks of Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease and Mortality among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2022; doi.org/10.2337/dc22-0717 (*co-corresponding author)\
5. Geng TT, Lu Q, Wan ZZ, Guo JY, Liu LG, Pan A, Liu G*. Association of Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations with Risk of Dementia among Individuals with Type 2 diabetes: A Cohort Study in the UK Biobank. PLoS Med. 2022;19(1):e1003906 (*corresponding author)
6. Liu YJ#, Geng TT#, Wan ZZ, Lu Q, Zhang XN, Qiu ZX, Li L, Zhu K, Liu LG, Pan A, Liu G*. Association of Serum Folate and Vitamin B12 Levels with Cardiovascular Disease Mortality among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. JAMA Network Open. 2022;5(1):e2146124 (*corresponding author)
7. Lu Q, Zhang YB, Geng TT, Yang K, Guo KQ, Min XW, He M, Guo H, Zhang XM, Yang HD, Wu TC, Pan A*, Liu G*. Healthy lifestyle, antihypertensive medication use, and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality among adults with hypertension. JAMA Network Open. 2022;5(2):e2146118 (*co-corresponding author)
8. Yan-Bo Zhang#, Xiong-Fei Pan#, Qi Lu#, Yan-Xiu Wang#, Ting-Ting Geng# … Shou-Ling Wu*, Gang Liu*, An Pan*. Associations of combined healthy lifestyles with cancer morbidity and mortality among individuals with diabetes: results from five cohort studies in the US, the UK, and China. Diabetologia. 2022; doi: 10.1007/s00125-022-05754-x (*co-corresponding author)
9. Zhou YF#, Chen SM#, Wang GD#, Chen SH, Zhang YB, Chen JX, Tu ZZ, Liu G*, Wu SL*, Pan A*. Effectiveness of a workplace-based, multicomponent hypertension management program in "real-world" practice: a propensity-matched analysis. Hypertension.2022;79:230–240 (*co-corresponding author)
10. Wan ZZ, Geng TT, Li R, Chen X, Lu Q, Lin XY, Chen LK, Guo YJ, Liu LG, Shan ZL, Pan A, Manson JE, Liu G*. Vitamin D Status, Genetic Factors, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022; doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqac183 (*corresponding author)
11. Li L#, Shan ZL#, Wan ZZ, Li Rui, Geng TT, Lu Q, Zhu K, Qiu ZX, Zhang XN, Liu YJ, Lie LG, Pan A, Liu G*. Associations of Lower-Carbohydrate and Lower-Fat Diets with Mortality among People with Prediabetes. Am J Clin Nutr 2022; 10.1093/ajcn/nqac058. (*corresponding author)
12. Qiu ZX, Geng TT, Wan ZZ, Lu Q, Guo JY, Liu LG, Pan A, Liu G*. Serum Selenium Concentrations and Risk of All-Cause and Heart Disease Mortality among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022;115(1):53-60. (*corresponding author)
13. Kuai Yu#, Jun Lv#, Gang Liu#, Canqing Yu, Yu Guo, Ling Yang, Yiping Chen, Chaolong Wang, Zhengming Chen, Liming Li *, and Tangchun Wu*, on behalf of the China Kadoorie Biobank Study. Cooking and future risk of all-cause and cardiopulmonary mortality. Nature Human Behaviour. 2022 (in press) (#co-first author)
14. Liu G, Li J, Li YP, Hu Y, Franke AA, Liang L, Hu FB, Chan AT, Mukamal KJ, Rimm EB,* Sun Q*. Gut microbiota-derived metabolites and risk of coronary artery disease: a prospective study among US men and women. Am J Clin Nutr 2021;114(1):238-247.
15. Liu G, Hu Y, Zong G, Pan A, Manson JE, Rexrode KM, Rimm EB, Hu FB, Sun Q*. Smoking cessation and weight change in relation to cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality in people with type 2 diabetes: a population-based cohort study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2020;8(2):125-133.
16. 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)
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
