Dr Liang Qin Liu

Research Associate
Centre for Evidence in Transplantation

Dr Liang Qin Liu obtained her PhD from University College London in 2007. She has been engaged in various clinical/health related research projects including microcirculations, endothelium functions in hypertensive patients; magnetic and electrical stimulation for skin blood volume in Spinal Cord Injuries at University of Birmingham, St. George's, University of London and University College London (UCL), respectively. She was awarded a PhD training fellowship from the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, developing a novel implant system to improve tissue viability in Spinal Cord Injuries (SCIs). Since 2006, she has been working as a post-doctor research associate at University College London, where she still retains her position working on a large sample of cohort study in patients with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH).

Before she joined CET in January 2010, she carried out a systemic review of Coping and HIV in Research Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London. She is currently working on the evaluation of the quality of recently published randomised controlled trials in solid organ transplantation. She is also involved in the Transplant Trial Watch and protocol reviews at CET.

Publications

1. LQ Liu, GP.Nicholson, SL. Knight, R. Chelvarajah, A. Gall, FRI Middleton, M.Ferguson-Pell , MD Craggs Interface 'Pressure and Cutaneous Hemoglobin and Oxygenation Changes under the Ischial Tuberosities during Sacral Nerve Root Stimulation in SCI' Journal of Rehabilitation & Research Development Volume 43, Number 4, Pages 553-564, Jul-Aug, 2006
2. LQ Liu, GP.Nicholson, SL. Knight, R. Chelvarajah, A. Gall, FRI Middleton, M.Ferguson-Pell, MD Craggs 'Pressure Changes under the Ischial Tuberosities of Seated Individuals during Sacral Nerve Root Stimulation' J Rehabil Res Dev. 2006 Mar-Apr;43(2):209-18
3. A D Filer, J M Gardner-Medwin, J Thambyrajah, K Raza, D Carruthers, R J Stevens, L Liu, S E Lowe, J N Townend and P A Bacon 'Diffuse endothelial dysfunction is common to ANCA associated systemic vasculitis and polyarteritis nodosa' Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2003;62:162-167
4. Liu LQ, Chelvarajah R, Middleton FRI, Ferguson-Pell M, Craggs MD Incontinence in spinal cord injury: the increased risk of sacral pressure sores and the potential benefits of sacral nerve magnetic stimulation. BJU International. 94(7):1175, November 2004
5. Liu, LQ, Simmon, J, Markandu, ND, MacGregor, GA, Antonios, TFT, 'Skin capillary density in hypertensive and normotensive individuals and its correlation with plasma rennin activity and ambulatory blood pressure' J HYPERTENS 22: S132-S133 Suppl. 1 FEB 2004
6. Liu, LQ, Simmon, J, Markandu, ND, MacGregor, GA, Antonios, TFT 'Orthogonal Polarization Spectral (OPS) imaging of capillary microcirculation in AfroCarribean and Caucasian subjects with essential hypertension' J HYPERTENS 22: S132-S132 Suppl. 1 FEB 2004
7. Liu, LQ, Simmon, J, Markandu, ND, MacGregor, GA, Antonios, TFT, 'Correlation Between 24hr Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Skin Capillary Density' Journal of Vascular Research 2002, Vol 39, Suppl.1
8. Antonios T , Liu L, Pizzi C, Cosin-Sales J, Fredericks S, Kaski JC, 'Capillary density and endothelial function in patients with treated essential hypertension and in patients with typical chest pain and normal coronary arteriograms J HYPERTENS 22: S168-S169 Suppl.1 FEB 2004