LIU Xin, Ph.D. Professor
Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center
Research interests（Master/PhD projects:）
1. Nutritional Epidemiology: Dietary strategies in improving cardiometabolic health, precision nutrition RCTs with multi-omics approaches, whole grain and human cardiometabolic health.
2. System Epidemiology: Effects of genetics, nutrition, multi-omics, and their interactions on the prevention and prediction of obesity, diabetes, and cardiometabolic diseases.
3. Human Nutrition and Global Health.
Education:
2009 - 2014: Ph.D., Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
2005 - 2009: B.S. major in Biotechnology, the College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China.
Working experience:
• 2014. Jul-2015. Jan: Project manager in Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Beingmate Baby and Child Food Co. Ltd., Hangzhou, China.
• 2015. Mar- present: Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center., Xi’an, China
• 2016. Sep-2017. Aug: Visiting Scholar in Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
• Associate Editor, Nutrition & Metabolism.
• Guest Editor, Nutrients
• Editorial Advisory Board, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Publication (Google H-index 18)：
1. Liu X, Bragg F, Yang L, KartsonakiC, Guo, Du, H, Bian Z, Chen Y; Yu C, Lv J, Wang K, Zhang H, Chen J, Clarke R, Collins R, Peto R, Li L, Chen Z, The China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group. Smoking and smoking cessation in relation to risk of diabetes in Chinese men and women: a 9-year prospective study of 0.5 million people. Lancet Public Health, 2018, Apr 3 (4), e167-e176,
2. Lai H, Li Y, He Y, Chen F, Mi B, Li J, Xie J, Ma G, Yang J, Xu K, Liao X, Yin Y, Liang J, Kong L, Wang X, Li Z, Shen Y, Dang S, Zhang L, Wu Q, Zeng L, Shi L, Zhang X*, Tian T*, Liu X*. Effects of dietary fibers or probiotics on functional constipation symptoms and roles of gut microbiota: a double-blinded randomized placebo trial. Gut Microbes, 2023 Jan-Dec;15(1):2197837. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2197837.
3. Wang M, Xu K, Yang J, Bennett DA, Du H, Liu X*. Normal-weight obesity subtypes and 10-year risks of major vascular diseases in 0.3 million adults. Clin Nutr. 2024 Dec 27;45:36-42. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2024.12.027. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39740297.
4. Xu K, Shen Y, Shi L, Chen F, Zhang B, He Y, Wang Y, Liu Y, Shi G, Mi B, Zeng L, Dang S*, Liu X*, Yan H*. Lipidomic perturbations of normal-weight adiposity phenotypes and their mediations on diet-adiposity associations. Clin Nutr. 2024 Nov;43(11):20-30. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2024.09.020. Epub 2024 Sep 17. PMID: 39307096.
5. He Y, Xu K, Li Y, Chang H, Liao X, Yu H, Tian T, Li C, Shen Y, Wu Q, Liu X*, Shi L. Metabolomic changes upon conjugated linoleic acid supplementation and predictions of body composition responsiveness. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Aug 18;107(9):2606-2615. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac367. PMID: 35704027.
6. Xu K, Zhang B, Liu Y, Mi B, Wang Y, Shen Y, Shi G, Dang S, Liu X*, Yan H. Staple Food Preference and Obesity Phenotypes: The Regional Ethnic Cohort Study in Northwest China[J]. Nutrients, 2022, 14(24): 5243.
7. Liu X*, Lai H, Mi B, Qi X, Gan W, Du, H. Associations of Coarse Grain Intake with Undiagnosed Hypertension among Chinese Adults: Results from the China Kadoorie Biobank. Nutrients 2020, 12(12), 3814; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123814.
8. Chang H, Gan W, Liao X, Wei J, Lu M, Chen H, Wang S, Ma Y, Wu Q, Yu Y*, Liu X*. Conjugated linoleic acid supplements preserve muscle in high-body-fat adults: a double-blind, randomized, placebo trial. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases.2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2020.05.029 E-published ahead of print.
9. Liu X*, Shi L, Dai X*, Chen H, Zhang C, Wang P, Wu Q, Zeng L, Yan H, Plasma metabolites mediate the association of coarse grain intake with blood pressure in hypertension –free adults. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 2020 Aug;30(9):1512-19.
10. Liu X, Lu L, Yao P, Ma Y, Wang F, Jin Q, Ye X, Hu F, Sun L, Lin X. Lipopolysaccharide binding protein, obesity status, and incidence of metabolic syndrome: a prospective study among middle-aged and older Chinese. Diabetologia. 2014 Sep;57(9):1834-41.
11. Liu X, Sun Q, Sun L, Liu G, Zong G, Lu L, Rosner B, Ye X, Li H, Lin X. The development and validation of new equations for estimating body fat percentage among Chinese men and women. British Journal of Nutrition. 2015 May;113(9):1365-72.
12. Liu X, Zhang G, Ye X, Li H, Chen X, Tang L, Feng Y, Shai I, Stampfer M, Hu F, Lin X. Effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on weight loss and cardiometabolic profile in Chinese women: a randomized controlled feeding trial. British Journal of Nutrition. 2013, (110), 1444-1453.
Contact information
Email：xinliu@xjtu.edu.cn
Office T：029-82655108
Address：76 West Yanta Road
