Ying Liu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Degrees
Medical School, Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China, 1995
MPH, Fudan University School of Public Health, Shanghai, China, 1998
PhD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 2006
Teaching Appointments
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences
Professional Memberships
American Association for Cancer Research
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Preventive Oncology
Areas of Research Interest
Dr. Lui’s research work identifies and addresses the determinants of disparities along the cancer care continuum from a multilevel perspective, including health policies, neighborhood contexts, healthcare providers, individual health behaviors, and biological responses and pathways. She also has extensive expertise in the impacts of lifestyle exposures across the life course on breast cancer risk.
Publications
Xie E, Colditz GA, Lian M, Greever-Rice T, Schmaltz C, Lucht J, Liu Y. Timing of Medicaid enrollment, late-stage breast cancer diagnosis, treatment delays, and mortality. JNCI Cancer Spectr 2022; 6:pkac031
Cho B, Han Y, Lian M, Colditz GA, Weber JD, Ma C, Liu Y. Evaluation of racial/ethnic differences in treatment and mortality among women with triple-negative breast cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2021; 7:1016-1023
Liu Y, Colditz GA, Kozower BD, James A, Greever-Rice T, Schmaltz C, Lian M. Association of Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with non-small cell lung cancer survival. JAMA Oncol 2020; 6:1289-1290
Han Y, Miao ZF, Lian M, Peterson LL, Colditz GA, Liu Y. Racial and ethnic disparities in 21-gene recurrence scores, chemotherapy, and survival among women with hormone receptor-positive, node-negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2020; 184:915-925
Liu Y, West R, Weber JD, Colditz GA. Race and risk of subsequent aggressive breast cancer following ductal carcinoma in situ. Cancer 2019; 125:3225-3233
Zhang S, Liu Y (co-1st author), Yun S, Lian M, Komaie G, Colditz GA. Impacts of neighborhood characteristics on treatment and outcomes in women with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2018; 27: 1298-1306
Liu Y, Tobias DK, Sturgeon KM, Rosner B, Malik V, Cespedes E, Joshi AD, Eliassen AH, Colditz GA. Physical activity from menarche to first pregnancy and risk of breast cancer. Int J Cancer 2016; 139: 1223-1230 PMC5257171
Liu Y, Colditz GA, Rosner B, Berkey CS, Collins LC, Schnitt SJ, Connolly JL, Chen WY, Willett WC, Tamimi RM. Alcohol intake between menarche and first pregnancy: A prospective study of breast cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst 2013; 105: 1571-1578
To contact Dr. Lui, please call 314-747-5601 or email ylui3@wustl.edu.