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146
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1307
National Ranking
755

Overview

Simin Liu is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States and focuses on research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work has contributed to multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics such as Nutritional Studies and Diet, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Birth, Development, and Health, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, as well as Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques.

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Simin Liu are:

  • Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Micronutrient Supplementation to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Environmental heavy metals and cardiovascular diseases: Status and future direction, 2020, Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine
  • Gut microbiota changes and its potential relations with thyroid carcinoma, 2021, Journal of Advanced Research
  • Knowledge Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities in Health and Prevention Research for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders: A Report From the 2021 National Institutes of Health Workshop, 2022, Annals of Internal Medicine

Frequent collaborators include JoAnn E. Manson, Aladdin H. Shadyab, Charles Kooperberg, Xiuqing Guo, and Jie Li.

Simin Liu has also published extensively in various venues with the highest number of works appearing in UNC Libraries, followed by bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PubMed, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Diabetes Care.

Best Publications

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2017 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Emelia J. Benjamin;Michael J. Blaha;Stephanie E. Chiuve;Mary Cushman

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2018 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

    Emelia J. Benjamin;Salim S. Virani;Clifton W. Callaway;Alanna M. Chamberlain

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2015 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Heart disease and stroke statistics-2015 update: A report from the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Diet, lifestyle, and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women

    Frank B. Hu;Joann E. Manson;Meir J. Stampfer;Graham Colditz

  • Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the women's health initiative randomized trials

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Marcia L. Stefanick;Aaron K. Aragaki

  • A prospective study of dietary glycemic load, carbohydrate intake, and risk of coronary heart disease in US women

    Simin Liu;Walter C Willett;Meir J Stampfer;Frank B Hu

  • Sex Differences of Endogenous Sex Hormones and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Eric L. Ding;Yiqing Song;Vasanti S. Malik;Simin Liu

  • Major types of dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of 11 cohort studies

    Marianne U. Jakobsen;Eilis J. O'Reilly;Berit L. Heitmann;Mark A. Pereira

  • Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: the Women's Health Study

    Simin Liu;JoAnn E Manson;I-Min Lee;Stephen R Cole

  • Drinking to death: the changing face of liver disease

    MG Griswold;N Fullman;C Hawley;N Arian

  • Carbohydrate Nutrition, Insulin Resistance, and the Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in the Framingham Offspring Cohort

    Nicola M. McKeown;James B. Meigs;Simin Liu;Edward Saltzman

  • Relation between changes in intakes of dietary fiber and grain products and changes in weight and development of obesity among middle-aged women

    Simin Liu;Walter C Willett;JoAnn E Manson;Frank B Hu

  • Whole-grain consumption and risk of coronary heart disease: results from the Nurses' Health Study

    Simin Liu;Meir J Stampfer;Frank B Hu;Edward Giovannucci

  • Glycemic index, glycemic load, and dietary fiber intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes in younger and middle-aged women

    Matthias B Schulze;Simin Liu;Eric B Rimm;JoAnn E Manson

  • Diet and risk of Type II diabetes: the role of types of fat and carbohydrate

    F. B. Hu;R. M. van Dam;S. Liu

  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest

    Emelia J Benjamin;Michael J Blaha;Stephanie E Chiuve;Mary Cushman

Frequent Co-Authors

JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Yiqing Song
Yiqing Song Indiana University
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Frank B. Hu
Frank B. Hu Harvard University
Charles B. Eaton
Charles B. Eaton Brown University
Barbara V. Howard
Barbara V. Howard MedStar Health
Meir J. Stampfer
Meir J. Stampfer Harvard University
Alexander P. Reiner
Alexander P. Reiner University of Washington
Paul M. Ridker
Paul M. Ridker Brigham and Women's Hospital

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