Center for Global Health Faculty

Assistant Scientist

Institute for International Programs

Academic Degrees

• PhD
• MHS

Departmental Affiliation

• Name:

  International Health

  Affiliation Type:

  Primary

  Division:

  Global Disease Epidemiology and Control Program

Departmental Address

Contact Information

Email:

liliu+jhsph.edu

Phone:

443-287-8798

Link:

SciVal Experts Research Profile

Research and Professional Experience

With a combination of training and research experiences in the field of medicine, maternal and child health, biostatistics and demography, Dr. Liu's current research interests include better describing and understanding the levels, causes, and associated factors of mortality among children under-five and their mothers in the developing countries. These areas are part of a broader field of health information system and Dr. Liu is ultimately interested to promote better collection, generation and utilization of maternal and child health information in the developing countries.

As a native of China, Dr. Liu also holds strong interests in conducting research in her "hometown". In addition, she is interested to continue working on projects that can integrate her early work on reproductive health and HIV/AIDS with her long-lasting interests in maternal and child health. 

Keywords

Child cause of death, child mortality, maternal neonatal and child health intervention coverage, burden of disease, population and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, health information system, and methods to conduct and analyze large poulation surveys

Honors and Awards

• Endowed Fellowship in Family Planning and Reproductive Health: 2006 – 2007, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health Tuition and Stipend Fellowship: 2004 – 2006, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Josephine Kohn and Family Fund Award: 2002 – 2004, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Outstanding Undergraduate: 2000, Beijing Department of Education
• Medical Education Scholarship of United Laboratories: 2000, Peking University Health Science Center
• Scholarship for Academic Excellence: 1996 – 1999, Peking University Health Science Center

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Li Liu, Hope L. Johnson, Simon Cousens, Jamie Perin, Susana Scott, Joy Lawn, Igor Rudan, Harry Campbell, Richard Cibulskis, Mengying Li, Colin Mathers, and Robert E. Black, for the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) of WHO and UNICEF. 2012. “Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2000-2010: an updated systematic analysis”. Lancet. Published online on May 11.

Saifuddin Ahmed, Qingfeng Li, Li Liu, Amy O. Tsui. 2012. “Maternal deaths averted by contraceptive use: results from a global analysis of 172 countries”. Lancet. Accepted.

Li Liu, Qingfeng Li, Rose A. Lee, Ingrid K. Friberg, Jamie Perin, Neff Walker, Robert E. Black. 2011. “Trends in causes of death among children under 5 in Bangladesh, 1993-2004: an exercise applying a standardized computer algorithm to assign causes of death using verbal autopsy data”. Population Health Metrics. 9(1):43. doi:10.1186/1478-7954-9-43. Available at: http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/9/1/43

Theodoratou, Evropi, Jian Shayne F. Zhang, Ivana Kolcic, Andrew M Davis, Sunil Bhopal, Harish Nair, Kit Yee Chan, Li Liu, Hope Johnson, Igor Rudan and Harry Campbell. 2011. “Estimating pneumonia deaths of post-neonatal children in countries of low or no death certification in 2008”. PLoS ONE 6(9): e25095. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025095. Available at: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0025095

Li Liu. 2011. “Gender differentials in factors associated with HIV testing intentions in Kenya: an application of the Health Belief Model”. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology 3(12): 567-575.

Hope L. Johnson, Li Liu, Christa Fischer-Walker, and Robert E. Black. 2010. “Estimating the distribution of causes of death among children age 1-59 months in high mortality countries with incomplete death certification”. International Journal of Epidemiology 39(4):1103-14.  

Robert E. Black, Simon Cousens, Hope L. Johnson, Joy E. Lawn, Igor Rudan, Diego G. Bassani, Prabhat Jha, Harry Campbell, Christa Fischer Walker, Richard Cibulskis, Thomas Eisele, Li Liu and Colin Mathers for the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group of the World Health Organization and UNICEF. 2010. “Global, Regional and National Causes of Child Mortality, 2008”. Lancet 375:1969-87.

Li Liu, Stan Becker, Amy Tsui, and Saifuddin Ahmed. 2008. “Three Methods for National Estimates of Births Averted from Contraception”. Population Studies 62(2): 191-210.

David Feick, Jennifer Sickmond, Li Liu, Philipps Metellus, Michael Williams, Danielle Rigamonti, and Felicia Hill-Briggs. 2008. “Sensitivity and Predictive Value of Occupational and Physical Therapy Assessments in the Functional Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus”. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 40(9): 715-720.

Tao Gu, Li Liu, and Jianpeng Chen. 2005. “Analyzing Related Issues on U.S. Not-For-Profit and For-Profit Hospitals and Inspirations for China”. Chinese Hospital Management 11:62-64. [in Chinese].

Books or Monographs

Vinod Mishra, Rathavuth Hong, Shane Khan, Yuan Gu, Li Liu. 2008. “Evaluating HIV Estimates from National Population-Based Surveys for Bias Resulting from Non-Response”. DHS Analytical Studies 12. Available at: http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/AS12/AS12.pdf

Adnan A. Hyder, Li Liu, Richard H. Morrow, Adbul Ghaffar. 2006. “Application of Burden of Disease Analyses in Developing Countries: Implication for Policy, Planning and Management of Health Systems in Developing Countries”. ISBN 2-940286-41-8. Geneva, Switzerland: GFHR. Available at: http://www.globalforumhealth.org/Media-Publications/Publications/Application-of-Burden-of-Disease-Analyses-in-Developing-Countries-Implication-for-policy-planning-and-management-of-health-systems

Articles and Editorials not Peer Reviewed

Vinod Mishra, Benny Kottiri, Li Liu, Rathavuth Hong, Shane Khan, Alex Opio. 2008. “The Association between Medical Injections and Prevalent HIV Infection: Evidence from a National Sero-Survey in Uganda”. DHS Working Paper No. 42. Available at: http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/WP42/WP42.pdf