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Tao Liu

Professor of Biostatistics, Director of the Online Master’s Program in Biostatistics

Overview

Dr Liu obtained his PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Liu is Professor of Biostatistics, Director of Online Master's Program, and Director of the Brown ARCH Research Methods Core. He also is a faculty member at the biostatistics core of the Lifespan/Boston/Brown Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Brown Data Science Inititute (DSI), Advance-Clinical Translational Research (Advance-CTR), and an affiliated faculty member for the AMPATH Biostatistics and Data Program. His research interests are in the area of health data science and include clinical decision-making, incomplete data problems, causal inference, diagnostic testing, and design of clinical trials.

Brown Affiliations

Biostatistics

Research Areas

biostatistics | causal inference | health data science | infectious diseases | sensitivity analysis | substance abuse

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Abel L, Perera SM, Yam D, Garbern S, Kennedy SB, Massaquoi M, Sahr F, Woldemichael D, Liu T, Levine AC, Aluisio AR. "Association between oral antimalarial medication administration and mortality among patients with Ebola virus disease: a multisite cohort study." BMC infectious diseases, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022, pp. 71.

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Wentz, Anna, Wang, Ralph, Marshall, Brandon, Shireman, Theresa, Liu, Tao, Merchant, Roland. "Opioid Analgesic Use After an Acute Pain Visit: Evidence from a Urolithiasis Patient Cohort." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 23, no. 6, 2022, pp. 864-871.

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Gao, May, Roy, Alexandra, Deluty, Alana, Sharkey, Katherine M., Hoge, Elizabeth A., Liu, Tao, Brewer, Judson A. "Targeting anxiety to improve sleep disturbance: A randomized clinical trial of app-based mindfulness training." Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. Publish Ahead of Print, 2022.

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Gao M, Roy A, Deluty A, Sharkey KM, Hoge EA, Liu T, Brewer JA. "Targeting Anxiety to Improve Sleep Disturbance: A Randomized Clinical Trial of App-Based Mindfulness Training." Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 84, no. 5, 2022, pp. 632-642.

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Giovenco, Danielle, Pettifor, Audrey, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Filiatreau, Lindsey M, Liu, Tao, Akande, Morayo, Gill, Katherine, Atujuna, Millicent, Stein, Dan J, Kuo, Caroline. "Understanding Oral Prep Interest Among South African Adolescents: The Role of Perceived Parental Support and PrEP Stigma." AIDS and Behavior, 2022.

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Papas RK, Gakinya BN, Mwaniki MM, Lee H, Keter AK, Martino S, Klein DA, Liu T, Loxley MP, Sidle JE, Schlaudt K, Nafula T, Omodi VM, Baliddawa JB, Kinyanjui DW, Maisto SA. "A randomized clinical trial of a group cognitive–behavioral therapy to reduce alcohol use among human immunodeficiency virus‐infected outpatients in western Kenya." Addiction, vol. 116, no. 2, 2021, pp. 305-318.

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Marks, Sarah J., Merchant, Roland C., Clark, Melissa A., Liu, Tao, Rosenberger, Joshua G., Bauermeister, Jose A., Mayer, Kenneth H. "Barriers to HIV Testing and Opportunities for Expansion Using Home-Based HIV Self-Testing: Results of a National Study of Higher HIV Risk Young Men Who Have Sex With Men." SAGE Open, vol. 11, no. 2, 2021, pp. 215824402110168.

Roy A, Hoge EA, Abrante P, Druker S, Liu T, Brewer JA. "Clinical Efficacy and Psychological Mechanisms of an App-Based Digital Therapeutic for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial." Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 23, no. 12, 2021, pp. e26987.

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"Co-occurring HIV Risk Behaviors among Males Entering Jail." Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, vol. 2, no. 1, 2021.

Wentz, Anna E., Wang, Ralph C., Marshall, Brandon D.L., Shireman, Theresa I., Liu, Tao, Merchant, Roland C. "Opioid Analgesics and Persistent Pain After an Acute Pain Emergency Department Visit: Evidence from a Cohort of Suspected Urolithiasis Patients." The Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 61, no. 6, 2021, pp. 637-648.

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Liufu, Rong, Liu, Xiaobing, Liu, Tao, Chen, Jimei, Wen, Shusheng, Cen, Jianzheng, Zhuang, Jian. "Primary sutureless repair for infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection." European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2021.

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Noska, Amanda, Liu, Tao, Kuo, Irene, Bazerman, Lauri, Kurth, Ann, Coetzer, Mia, Kantor, Rami, Beckwith, Curt. "Validity of Self-Reported Hepatitis C Virus Status Among Criminal Justice-Involved Persons Living With HIV." Journal of Correctional Health Care, vol. 27, no. 3, 2021, pp. 167-171.

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Yam D, Aluisio AR, Perera SM, Peters JL, Cho DK, Kennedy SB, Massaquoi M, Sahr F, Smit MA, Locks L, Liu T, Levine AC. "Association between multivitamin supplementation and mortality among patients with Ebola virus disease: An international multisite cohort study." African Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 10, no. 1, 2020, pp. 23-29.

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Aluisio AR, Perera SM, Yam D, Garbern S, Peters JL, Abel L, Cho DK, Woldemichael D, Kennedy SB, Massaquoi M, Sahr F, Liu T, Levine AC. "Association between treatment with oral third-generation cephalosporin antibiotics and mortality outcomes in Ebola virus disease: a multinational retrospective cohort study." Tropical Medicine & International Health, vol. 25, no. 4, 2020, pp. 433-441.

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Brewer JA, Roy A, Deluty A, Liu T, Hoge EA. "Can mindfulness mechanistically target worry to improve sleep disturbances? Theory and study protocol for app-based anxiety program." Health Psychology, vol. 39, no. 9, 2020, pp. 776-784.

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Merchant, Roland C., Marks, Sarah J., Clark, Melissa A., Carey, Michael P., Liu, Tao. "Comparison of a video to a pictorial brochure in improving HIV/AIDS and HIV testing knowledge and increasing HIV testing motivation and behavioral skills among adult emergency department patients." Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, vol. 1, no. 3, 2020, pp. 202-213.

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Orang'o EO, Emont JP, Ermel AC, Liu T, Omodi V, Tong Y, Itsura PM, Tonui PK, Maina T, Ong'echa JM, Muthoka K, Kiptoo S, Moormann A, Hogan J, Loehrer PJ, Brown D, Cu-Uvin S. "Detection of types of HPV among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Kenyan women undergoing cryotherapy or loop electrosurgical excision procedure." International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, vol. 151, no. 2, 2020, pp. 279-286.

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Bacic, Janine, Liu, Tao, Thompson, R. Houston, Boorjian, Stephen A., Leibovich, Bradley C., Golijanin, Dragan, Gershman, Boris. "Emulating Target Clinical Trials of Radical Nephrectomy with or without Lymph Node Dissection for Renal Cell Carcinoma." Urology, 2020.

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Wang R, Cai Y, Lee IK, Hu R, Purkayastha S, Pan I, Yi T, Tran TML, Lu S, Liu T, Chang K, Huang RY, Zhang PJ, Zhang Z, Xiao E, Wu J, Bai HX. "Evaluation of a convolutional neural network for ovarian tumor differentiation based on magnetic resonance imaging." European radiology, 2020.

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Bennett CL, Marks SJ, Liu T, Clark MA, Carey MP, Merchant RC. "Factors Associated with Lack of HIV Testing among Latino Immigrant and Black Patients at 4 Geographically and Demographically Diverse Emergency Departments." Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, vol. 19, 2020, pp. 2325958220970827.

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Bennett CL, Marks SJ, Rosenberger JG, Bauermeister JA, Clark MA, Liu T, Mayer KH, Merchant RC. "Factors Associated with the Discordance between Perception of Being HIV Infected and HIV Sexual Risk Taking among Social Media-Using Black, Hispanic, and White Young Men Who Have Sex with Men." Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, vol. 19, 2020, pp. 2325958220919260.

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Aluisio AR, Yam D, Peters JL, Cho DK, Perera SM, Kennedy SB, Massaquoi M, Sahr F, Smit MA, Liu T, Levine AC. "Impact of Intravenous Fluid Therapy on Survival Among Patients With Ebola Virus Disease: An International Multisite Retrospective Cohort Study." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 70, no. 6, 2020, pp. 1038-1047.

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Liu, Zhifeng, Wu, Qiwen, Zou, Zhikang, Yao, Yeping, Cai, Jinhui, Liu, Tao, Yang, Zhengfei, Liu, Qingyu. "Investigation of a family cluster outbreak of COVID-19 indicates the necessity of CT screening for asymptomatic family members in close contact with confirmed patients." Journal of Thoracic Disease, vol. 12, no. 7, 2020, pp. 3673-3681.

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Merchant, Roland C., Marks, Sarah J., Clark, Melissa A., Carey, Michael P., Liu, Tao. "Limited Ability of Three Health Literacy Screening Items to Identify Adult English- and Spanish-Speaking Emergency Department Patients With Lower Health Literacy." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 75, no. 6, 2020, pp. 691-703.

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Mehta N, Orangʼo O, Itsura P, Tonui P, Bussmann H, Bogers JP, Liu T, Cu-Uvin S. "Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure Treats Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 2/3 Among HIV− and HIV+ Women in Kenya." Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, vol. 24, no. 1, 2020, pp. 21-26.

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Mehta, Naaman, Orangʼo, Omenge, Itsura, Peter, Tonui, Philip, Bussmann, Hermann, Bogers, JP, Liu, Tao, Cu-Uvin, Susan. "Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure Treats Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 2/3 Among HIV− and HIV+ Women in Kenya." Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, vol. 24, no. 1, 2020, pp. 21-26.

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Merchant, R.C., Marks, S.J., Clark, M.A., Carey, M.P., Liu, T. "Retention of Knowledge About HIV/AIDS and HIV Testing among Adult Emergency Department Patients: Implications for HIV Testing and Prevention." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 76, no. 4, 2020, pp. S9.

Hansen B, Liu T, Bazerman L, Drainoni ML, Gillani FS, Cachay E, Christopoulos K, Crane H, Kitahata M, Mayer KH, Moore R. "Risk for Viral Rebound in the Era of U=U: A CNICS Analysis." Open Forum Infect Dis, vol. 7, 2020.

Liu T, Hogan JW. "Unifying instrumental variable and inverse probability weighting approaches for inference of causal treatment effect and unmeasured confounding in observational studies." Statistical methods in medical research, 2020, pp. 962280220971835.

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Wentz, Anna E., Wang, Ralph R.C., Marshall, Brandon D.L., Shireman, Theresa I., Liu, Tao, Merchant, Roland C. "Variation in opioid analgesia administration and discharge prescribing for emergency department patients with suspected urolithiasis." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 38, no. 10, 2020, pp. 2119-2124.

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Xu Y, Liu T, Daniels MJ, Kantor R, Mwangi A, Hogan JW. "Classification using ensemble learning under weighted misclassification loss." Statistics in Medicine, vol. 38, no. 11, 2019, pp. 2002-2012.

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Garbern SC, Yam D, Aluisio AR, Cho DK, Kennedy SB, Massaquoi M, Sahr F, Perera SM, Levine AC, Liu T. "Effect of Mass Artesunate-Amodiaquine Distribution on Mortality of Patients With Ebola Virus Disease During West African Outbreak." Open Forum Infectious Diseases, vol. 6, no. 7, 2019, pp. ofz250.

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Kahler CW, Surace A, Durst A, Pantalone DW, Mastroleo NR, Miguez MJ, Bueno D, Liu T, Monti PM, Mayer KH. "Telehealth interventions to reduce alcohol use in men with HIV who have sex with men: Protocol for a factorial randomized controlled trial." Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, vol. 16, 2019, pp. 100475.

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Kuo, Irene, Liu, Tao, Patrick, Rudy, Trezza, Claudia, Bazerman, Lauri, Uhrig Castonguay, Breana J., Peterson, James, Kurth, Ann, Beckwith, Curt G. "Use of an mHealth Intervention to Improve Engagement in HIV Community-Based Care Among Persons Recently Released from a Correctional Facility in Washington, DC: A Pilot Study." AIDS and Behavior, 2019.

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Aluisio AR, Perera SM, Yam D, Garbern S, Peters JL, Abel L, Cho DK, Kennedy SB, Massaquoi M, Sahr F, Brinkmann S, Locks L, Liu T, Levine AC. "Vitamin A Supplementation Was Associated with Reduced Mortality in Patients with Ebola Virus Disease during the West African Outbreak." Journal of Nutrition, vol. 149, no. 10, 2019, pp. 1757-1765.

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Wray TB, Chan PA, Kahler CW, Simpanen EM, Liu T, Mayer KH. "Vulnerable Periods: Characterizing Patterns of Sexual Risk and Substance Use During Lapses in Adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 80, no. 3, 2019, pp. 276-283.

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Wentz, Anna E., Merchant, Roland C., Clark, Melissa A., Liu, Tao, Rosenberger, Joshua G., Bauermeister, José A., Mayer, Kenneth H. "Blood Donation, Sexual Practices, and Self-Perceived Risk for HIV in the United States Among Young Adult Men Who Have Sex With Men." Public Health Reports, vol. 134, no. 1, 2018, pp. 33354918815182.

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Merchant RC, Clark MA, Liu T, Romanoff J, Rosenberger JG, Bauermeister J, Mayer KH. "Comparison of Home-Based Oral Fluid Rapid HIV Self-Testing Versus Mail-in Blood Sample Collection or Medical/Community HIV Testing By Young Adult Black, Hispanic, and White MSM: Results from a Randomized Trial." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 22, no. 1, 2018, pp. 337-346.

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Merchant RC, Liu T, Clark MA, Carey MP. "Facilitating HIV/AIDS and HIV testing literacy for emergency department patients: a randomized, controlled, trial." BMC Emergency Medicine, vol. 18, no. 1, 2018, pp. 21.

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Merchant RC, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Liu T, Baird JR. "Lack of efficacy in a randomised trial of a brief intervention to reduce drug use and increase drug treatment services utilisation among adult emergency department patients over a 12-month period." Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 2018.

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Tovar, Alison, Vaughn, Amber E, Fisher, Jennifer Orlet, Benjamin Neelon, Sara E, Burney, Regan, Webster, Kathleen, Liu, Tao, Ostbye, Truls, Ward, Dianne S. "Modifying the Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation (EPAO) to better capture feeding practices of family childcare home providers." Public Health Nutrition, vol. 22, no. 2, 2018, pp. 223-234.

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Kahler, Christopher W., Pantalone, David W., Mastroleo, Nadine R., Liu, Tao, Bove, Gerald, Ramratnam, Bharat, Monti, Peter M., Mayer, Kenneth H. "Motivational interviewing with personalized feedback to reduce alcohol use in HIV-infected men who have sex with men: A randomized controlled trial." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 86, no. 8, 2018, pp. 645-656.

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Yellin H, Beckwith C, Kurth A, Liu T, Castonguay B, Patrick R, Trezza C, Bazerman L, Kuo I. "Syndemic effect of mental illness and substance use on viral suppression among recently-incarcerated, HIV-infected individuals in the CARE+ Corrections study." AIDS Care, vol. 30, no. 10, 2018, pp. 1-5.

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Kahler CW, Liu T, Cioe PA, Bryant V, Pinkston MM, Kojic EM, Onen N, Baker JV, Hammer J, Brooks JT, Patel P. "Direct and Indirect Effects of Heavy Alcohol Use on Clinical Outcomes in a Longitudinal Study of HIV Patients on ART." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 21, no. 7, 2017, pp. 1825-1835.

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Alexovitz, Kelsey A., Merchant, Roland C., Clark, Melissa A., Liu, Tao, Rosenberger, Joshua G., Bauermeister, Jose, Mayer, Kenneth H. "Discordance of voluntary HIV testing with HIV sexual risk-taking and self-perceived HIV infection risk among social media-using black, Hispanic, and white young-men-who-have-sex-with-men (YMSM)." AIDS Care, vol. 30, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-5.

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Beckwith C, Castonguay BU, Trezza C, Bazerman L, Patrick R, Cates A, Olsen H, Kurth A, Liu T, Peterson J, Kuo I. "Gender Differences in HIV Care among Criminal Justice-Involved Persons: Baseline Data from the CARE+ Corrections Study." PLoS ONE, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. e0169078.

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Merchant, Roland C., Romanoff, Justin, Zhang, Zihao, Liu, Tao, Baird, Janette R. "Impact of a brief intervention on reducing alcohol use and increasing alcohol treatment services utilization among alcohol- and drug-using adult emergency department patients." Alcohol, vol. 65, 2017, pp. 71-80.

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Liu T, Hogan JW, Daniels MJ, Coetzer M, Xu Y, Bove G, DeLong AK, Ledingham L, Orido M, Diero L, Kantor R. "Improved HIV-1 Viral Load Monitoring Capacity Using Pooled Testing With Marker-Assisted Deconvolution." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 75, no. 5, 2017, pp. 580-587.

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Marks, Sarah J., Merchant, Roland C., Clark, Melissa A., Liu, Tao, Rosenberger, Joshua G., Bauermeister, Jose, Mayer, Kenneth H. "Potential Healthcare Insurance and Provider Barriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Utilization Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men." AIDS Patient Care and STDs, vol. 31, no. 11, 2017, pp. 470-478.

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Merchant RC, Clark MA, Liu T, Rosenberger JG, Romanoff J, Bauermeister J, Mayer KH. "Preferences for oral fluid rapid HIV self-testing among social media-using young black, Hispanic, and white men-who-have-sex-with-men (YMSM): implications for future interventions." Public Health, vol. 145, 2017, pp. 7-19.

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Omenge Orang'o E, Liu T, Christoffersen-Deb A, Itsura P, Oguda J, Washington S, Chumba D, Pisharodi L, Cu-Uvin S, Rositch AF. "Use of visual inspection with acetic acid, Pap smear, or high-risk human papillomavirus testing in women living with HIV/AIDS for posttreatment cervical cancer screening: same tests, different priorities." AIDS, vol. 31, no. 2, 2017, pp. 233-240.

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Merchant RC, Romanoff J, Clark MA, Liu T, Rosenberger JG, Bauermeister J, Mayer KH. "Variations in Recruitment Yield and Characteristics of Participants Recruited Across Diverse Internet Platforms in an HIV Testing Study of Young Adult Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men (YMSM)." American Journal of Men's Health, vol. 11, no. 5, 2017, pp. 1342-1357.

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Shao W, Guan W, Clark MA, Liu T, Santelices C, Cortes DE, Merchant RC. "Does a Video Improve Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and HIV Testing among a Global Internet Audience?." Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, vol. 15, no. 5, 2016, pp. 392-9.

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Stillman AE, Gatsonis C, Lima JA, Black WC, Cormack J, Gareen I, Hoffmann U, Liu T, Mavromatis K, Schnall MD, Udelson JE, Woodard PK. "Rationale and design of the Randomized Evaluation of patients with Stable angina Comparing Utilization of noninvasive Examinations (RESCUE) trial." American Heart Journal, vol. 179, 2016, pp. 19-28.

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Merchant RC, Liu T, Baird JR. "Variations in Substance Use Prevalence Estimates and Need for Interventions among Adult Emergency Department Patients Based on Different Screening Strategies Using the ASSIST." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 17, no. 3, 2016, pp. 302-14.

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Guan W, Liu T, Baird JR, Merchant RC. "Evaluation of a brief intervention to reduce the negative consequences of drug misuse among adult emergency department patients." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 157, 2015, pp. 44-53.

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Merchant, Roland C., DeLong, Allison K., Liu, Tao, Baird, Janette R. "Factors Influencing Uptake of Rapid HIV and Hepatitis C Screening Among Drug Misusing Adult Emergency Department Patients: Implications for Future HIV/HCV Screening Interventions." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 19, no. 11, 2015, pp. 2025-35.

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Tai M, Liu T, Merchant RC. "Hospitalizations in the United States among HIV-Infected Individuals in Short-Stay Hospitals, 1982 to 2010." Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, vol. 14, no. 5, 2015, pp. 408-414.

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Rana, Aadia I., Liu, Tao, Gillani, Fizza S., Reece, Rebecca, Kojic, Erna M., Zlotnick, Caron, Wilson, Ira B. "Multiple gaps in care common among newly diagnosed HIV patients." AIDS Care, vol. 27, no. 6, 2015, pp. 679-87.

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Beaudoin, Francesca L., Baird, Janette, Liu, Tao, Merchant, Roland C. "Sex Differences in Substance Use Among Adult Emergency Department Patients: Prevalence, Severity, and Need for Intervention." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 11, 2015, pp. 1307-1315.

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Merchant, Roland C., Baird, Janette R., Liu, Tao. "Short-term Efficacy of a Brief Intervention to Reduce Drug Misuse and Increase Drug Treatment Utilization Among Adult Emergency Department Patients." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 10, 2015, pp. 1172-1180.

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Shao W, Guan W, Clark MA, Liu T, Santelices C, Cortés DE, Merchant RC. "VARIATIONS IN RECRUITMENT YIELD, COSTS, SPEED AND PARTICIPANT DIVERSITY ACROSS INTERNET PLATFORMS IN A GLOBAL STUDY EXAMINING THE EFFICACY OF AN HIV/AIDS AND HIV TESTING ANIMATED AND LIVE-ACTION VIDEO AMONG ENGLISH- OR SPANISH-SPEAKING INTERNET OR SOCIAL MEDIA USERS." Digital culture & education, vol. 7, no. 1, 2015, pp. 40-86.

Merchant, R.C., Baird, J.R., Liu, T., Beaudoin, F., Nirenberg, T. "189 Severity of Substance Misuse and Need for Substance Misuse Interventions Among Adult Emergency Department Patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 64, no. 4, 2014, pp. S68.

Merchant RC, Baird JR, Liu T, Taylor LE, Montague BT, Nirenberg TD. "Brief intervention to increase emergency department uptake of combined rapid human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C screening among a drug misusing population." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 7, 2014, pp. 752-67.

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Bernardino VL, Baird JR, Liu T, Merchant RC. "Comparison of substance-use prevalence among Rhode Island and The Miriam Hospital Emergency Department patients to state and national general population prevalence estimates." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 98, no. 4, 2014, pp. 30-4.

Merchant RC, Clark MA, Santelices CA, Liu T, Cortés DE. "Efficacy of an HIV/AIDS and HIV Testing Video for Spanish-Speaking Latinos in Healthcare and Non-Healthcare Settings." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 19, no. 3, 2014, pp. 523-535.

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Merchant RC, Baird JR, Liu T, Taylor LE. "HCV among The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital Adult ED Patients." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 97, no. 7, 2014, pp. 35-9.

Fedorov, Valerii V., Liu, Tao. "Randomized Discontinuation Trials With Binary Outcomes." Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, vol. 8, no. 1, 2014, pp. 30-45.

Trillo AD, Merchant RC, Baird JR, Ladd GT, Liu T, Nirenberg TD. "Interrelationship of alcohol misuse, HIV sexual risk and HIV screening uptake among emergency department patients." BMC Emergency Medicine, vol. 13, no. 1, 2013, pp. 9.

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Liu T, Hogan JW, Wang L, Zhang S, Kantor R. "Optimal Allocation of Gold Standard Testing under Constrained Availability: Application to Assessment of HIV Treatment Failure." Journal of the American Statistical Association, vol. 108, no. 504, 2013, pp. 1173-1188.

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Wei, F., Zhou, J., Wei, X., Zhang, J., Fleming, B.C., Terek, R., Pei, M., Chen, Q., Liu, T., Wei, L. "Activation of Indian hedgehog promotes chondrocyte hypertrophy and upregulation of MMP-13 in human osteoarthritic cartilage." Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, vol. 20, no. 7, 2012, pp. 755-763.

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Mabeya H, Khozaim K, Liu T, Orango O, Chumba D, Pisharodi L, Carter J, Cu-Uvin S. "Comparison of conventional cervical cytology versus visual inspection with acetic acid among human immunodeficiency virus-infected women in Western Kenya." Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, vol. 16, no. 2, 2012, pp. 92-97.

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Xu, H., Short, S. E., Liu, T. "Dynamic relations between fast-food restaurant and body weight status: a longitudinal and multilevel analysis of Chinese adults." Journal of epidemiology and community health, vol. 67, no. 3, 2012, pp. 271-279.

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Loucks EB, Buka SL, Rogers ML, Liu T, Kawachi I, Kubzansky LD, Martin LT, Gilman SE. "Education and coronary heart disease risk associations may be affected by early-life common prior causes: a propensity matching analysis." Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 22, no. 4, 2012, pp. 221-32.

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Anderson BL, Firnhaber C, Liu T, Swarts A, Siminya M, Ingersoll J, Caliendo AM, Cu-Uvin S. "Effect of trichomoniasis therapy on genital HIV viral burden among African women." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 39, no. 8, 2012, pp. 638-42.

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Rosen LM, Liu T, Merchant RC. "Efficiency of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, billing code searches to identify emergency department visits for blood or body fluid exposures through a statewide multicenter database." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 33, no. 6, 2012, pp. 581-8.

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Saffarini CM, Heger NE, Yamasaki H, Liu T, Hall SJ, Boekelheide K. "Induction and persistence of abnormal testicular germ cells following gestational exposure to di-(n-butyl) phthalate in p53-null mice." Journal of andrology, vol. 33, no. 3, 2012, pp. 505-13.

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Merchant RC, Waxman MJ, Maher JG, Clark MA, Celada MT, Liu T, Simmons EM, Beckwith CG, Mayer KH. "Patient and clinician ethical perspectives on the 2006 Centers for Disease Control and prevention HIV testing methods." public health reports, vol. 127, no. 3, 2012, pp. 318-29.

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Liu T, Heitjan DF. "Sensitivity of the discrete-time Kaplan-Meier estimate to nonignorable censoring: Application in a clinical trial." Statistics in Medicine, vol. 31, no. 25, 2012, pp. 2998-3010.

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Trillo AD, Merchant RC, Baird JR, Liu T, Nirenberg TD. "Sex differences in alcohol misuse and estimated blood alcohol concentrations among emergency department patients: implications for brief interventions." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 19, no. 8, 2012, pp. 924-33.

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Guzman, H., Merchant, R.C., Baird, J.R., Nirenberg, T.D., Liu, T., Ladd, G.T. "65: How Does Hazardous and Heavy Episodic Alcohol Drinking Relate to HIV Sexual Risk among Emergency Department Patients?." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 56, no. 3, 2010, pp. S22.

Merchant RC, DePalo DM, Liu T, Rich JD, Stein MD. "Developing a system to predict laboratory-confirmed chlamydial and/or gonococcal urethritis in adult male emergency department patients." Postgraduate Medicine, vol. 122, no. 1, 2010, pp. 52-60.

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Beckwith CG, Liu T, Bazerman LB, DeLong AK, Desjardins SF, Poshkus MM, Flanigan TP. "HIV risk behavior before and after HIV counseling and testing in jail: a pilot study." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 53, no. 4, 2010, pp. 485-90.

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Merchant RC, Lau TC, Liu T, Mayer KH, Becker BM. "Adult sexual assault evaluations at Rhode Island emergency departments, 1995-2001." Journal of Urban Health, vol. 86, no. 1, 2009, pp. 43-53.

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Moreira C, Venkatesh KK, DeLong A, Liu T, Kurpewski J, Ingersoll J, Caliendo AM, Cu-Uvin S. "Effect of treatment of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis on HIV-1 shedding in the genital tract among women on antiretroviral therapy: a pilot study." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 49, no. 6, 2009, pp. 991-2.

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Phelan S, Liu T, Gorin A, Lowe M, Hogan J, Fava J, Wing RR. "What distinguishes weight-loss maintainers from the treatment-seeking obese? Analysis of environmental, behavioral, and psychosocial variables in diverse populations." Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 38, no. 2, 2009, pp. 94-104.

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Anderson BL, Wang CC, Delong AK, Liu T, Kojic EM, Kurpewski J, Ingersoll J, Mayer K, Caliendo AM, Cu-Uvin S. "Genital tract leukocytes and shedding of genital HIV type 1 RNA." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 47, no. 9, 2008, pp. 1216-21.

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Merchant RC, Chee KJ, Liu T, Mayer KH. "Incidence of visits for health care worker blood or body fluid exposures and HIV postexposure prophylaxis provision at Rhode Island emergency departments." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 47, no. 3, 2008, pp. 358-68.

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Hogan, Joseph W., Liu, Tao. "Mediation analysis for intervention trials: objectives, models, and inference." Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, vol. 8, no. 2, 2008, pp. 77-79.

Fedorov, Valerii V., Liu, Tao. "Enrichment Design." Wiley Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials, 2007.

Sung S, Liu T. "Ammonia inhibition on thermophilic anaerobic digestion." Chemosphere, vol. 53, no. 1, 2003, pp. 43-52.

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Liu T, Sung S. "Ammonia inhibition on thermophilic aceticlastic methanogens." Water Science & Technology, vol. 45, no. 10, 2002, pp. 113-20.

Liu, Tao, Sung, Shihwu. "EFFECT OF AMMONIA INHIBITION IN THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC PROCESS." proc water environ fed, vol. 2001, no. 1, 2001, pp. 1292-1306.

Research

Funded Research

Active Grants

1. Facilitating HIV/AIDS and HIV Testing Literacy for Emergency Department Patients. NINR/ RO1, $784,619. (7/23/2014-3/30/2019). Brown PI: Liu T.

2. Optimal HIV Treatment Monitoring Strategies under Resource Constraints. NIAID/ R01, $2,851,824. (11/15/2014-10/31/2019). Brown PI: Hogan J; Co-I: Liu T.

3. Our Family Our Future: A resilience-oriented family intervention to prevent adolescent HIV/STI infection and depression in South Africa. NIMH/ R01, $2,835,893. (8/11/2017-7/31/2022). Brown PI: Kuo C; Co-I: Liu T.

4. Alcohol and HIV: Bio-behavioral Interactions and Intervention. NIAAA/P01, $6,506,689. (9/1/2015-5/31/2020). Brown PI: Monti P; Co-I: Liu T.

5. Evaluation of Strategies for Maximizing Supportive Care for Patients with Ebola Virus Disease. NIGMS/ R03, $132,730. (6/8/2017-5/31/2019). Brown PI: Liu T.

6. AMPATH-Oncology Institute: HPV and Cervical Cancer in Kenyan Women with HIV/AIDS. NIC/$3,321,223. (9/1/2014-8/31/2019). Co-I: Liu T.

7. Center for AIDS Research. NIH/P30, $799, 748. (7/1/2012-6/30/2018). Brown PI: Hogan J; Co-I: Liu T.

Scholarly Work

Abstracts / Conference Presentations

Xu Y*, Liu T, and Hogan J (2018). “Causal effect estimation of HIV treatment initiation on patient retention.” National Public Health Week, April 2-6, 2018. Providence, RI.
Yam D*, Liu T, Levine A, Aluisio A, Peters S, Averill S, Kennedy S, Sahr F, Peters J and Cho D (2018). “Intravenous fluid treatments for Ebola patients: The risk and the reward.” The Joint Statistical Meeting. Jul 28-Aug2, 2018. Vancouver, BC. Canada.
Xu Y*, Liu T, Kantor R and Hogan JW (2018). “Comparison of Treatment Policies using Bayesian Nonparametric G- Formula”. The Joint Statistical Meeting. Jul 28-Aug2, 2018. Vancouver, BC. Canada.
Noska A, Liu T, Kuo I, Coetzer M, Kurth A and Beckwith G (2018). “Validity of Self-Reported HCV Status among Justice-Involved Persons Living with HIV.” The 2018 IDSA Meeting, Oct 3-7, 2018. San Francisco, CA.
Castonguay BJ, Cressman A, Patrick R, Bazerman L, Trezza C, Beckwith C, Olsen H, Liu T, Peterson J, Kurth A and Kuo I (2018). “The implementation of a text messaging intervention to improve HIV continuum of care outcomes among persons recently released from correctional facilities: CARE+ Corrections.” The 11th Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health. Houston, Texas. March 22-23.
Merchant RC, Marks SJ, Clark MA, Carey MP, and Liu T (2018). “Correlates of lower health literacy among adult Spanish-speaking US emergency department patients”. Submitted to APHA's 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo. Nov, 2018.
Merchant RC, Marks SJ, Carey MP, Clark MA, and Liu T (2018). “Can a shortened, self-administered version of the Short Assessment of Health Literacy identify English- or Spanish-speaking adult emergency department patients with lower health literacy?”. Submitted to APHA's 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo. Nov, 2018.
Merchant RC, Marks SJ, Clark MA, Carey MP and Liu T (2018). “How well do three single-question health literacy screening tests identify adult English- and Spanish-speaking emergency department patients with lower health literacy skills”. Submitted to APHA's 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo. Nov, 2018.
Merchant RC, Marks SJ, Clark MA, Liu T, Rosenberger JG, Bauermeister JA, and Mayer KH (2018). “Is home HIV self-testing a potential solution to overcome HIV testing barriers among US YMSM at higher risk for HIV infection yet have never been tested for HIV?”. Submitted to the 2018 International AIDS Society Meeting. July, 2018. Amsterdam, Netherland.
Merchant RC, Marks SJ, Clark MA, Liu T, Rosenberger JG, Bauermeister J, and Mayer KH. “Are US black, Hispanic and white YMSM at risk for HIV acquisition being tested in accordance with national HIV testing recommendations? Results from a national study”. Submitted to the 2018 International AIDS Society Meeting. July, 2018. Amsterdam, Netherland.
Bacic J, Liu T, Thompson H, Boorjian SA, Leibovich BC, Golijanin D and Gershman B (2017). “The Association of Lymph Node Dissection with Overall Survival In High-Risk Non-Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: An Analysis of the National Cancer Database”. The American Urological Association (AUA) 2018 Conference. Boston MA, May 12-16.
Xu Y, Liu T, Kantor R, Mwangi A, Daniels, MJ and Hogan JW (2017). “Classification using ensemble learning under weighted misclassification loss”. The 2017 Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM). Baltimore, MD, Jul 29-Aug 3, 2017.
The ASA 2017 Section on Risk Analysis Student Paper Award
Liu T, Hogan JW, Kantor R (2017). “Analytic approaches to decision support at the policy and patient level: A case study in HIV treatment monitoring in Kenya”. The 2017 Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM). Baltimore, MD, Jul 29-Aug 3, 2017. (Invited presentation)
Liu T, Hogan JW, Daniels MJ, Coetzer M, Xu Y, Bove G, DeLong AK, Orido M, Diero L, and Kantor R (2017). “Marker-Assisted HIV-1 Viral Load Pooling Deconvolution Improves Monitoring Capacity”. IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017). Paris, France, July 23-26, 2017.
Geng H, Cho E, Drucker A, Liu T, Parker I, Qureshi A, Li W. (2017). “Let me know whether it fits with the scientific scope of the journal.” Public Health Day. Brown University. Providence RI, April 13, 2017.
Merchant RC, Marks SJ, Clark MA, Liu T, Rosenberger JG, Bauermeister J, and Mayer KH. “Potential healthcare insurance and provider barriers to PrEP utilization among YMSM.” The 9^th IAS Conference on HIV Science. Paris, France, July 23-26, 2017.
Xu Y, Liu T and Hogan JW (2017) “Causal effect estimation of treatment initiation at enrollment on patient retention using BART”. Public Health Day. Brown University. Providence RI, April 13, 2017.
Wang Y, Liu T (2017). “Local Sensitivity Assessment of Cox Regression to Informative Censoring: Application to HIV-Care Engagement Study”. Brown Public Health Day. Providence RI, April 13, 2017.
Mwangi A, Hogan JW, Keter A, Tu W, Liu T, Sang E, Kiptoo S, Tong Y, and Denski C (2017). “The AMPATH-Biostatistics and Data Management U54 Core”. Eldoret, Kenya. March 22-24, 2017.
Orango O, Liu T, Itsura P, CuUvin S (2017). “The impact of VIA screen and treatment with cryotherapy or LEEP in patients with HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Kenyan women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)”. Eldoret, Kenya. March 22-24, 2017.
Xu Y, Liu T, and Hogan JW (2017). “Classification using ensemble learning under weighted misclassification loss”. The ENAR 2017 Spring Meeting. Washington DC, March 12-15, 2017.
Wentz A, Merchant RC, Clark MA, Liu T, Romanoff J, Rosenberger JG, Bauermeister JA, and Mayer KH (2017). “Ignoring the ban: Blood donation among young adult MSM at risk for HIV”. IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017). Paris, France, July 23-26, 2017.
Kuo I, Liu T, Patrick R, Bazerman L, Trezza C, Castonguay BU, Kurth A, Beckwith C. (2017) “Use of a mHealth intervention to improve HIV treatment and engagement in HIV care among recently incarcerated persons in Washington, DC.” The 12th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence. June 2017, Miami, FL.
Merchant RC, Romanoff J, Clark MA, Liu T, Rosenberger JG, Bauermeister JA, and Mayer KH (2017). “Comparison of home-based oral fluid rapid HIV self-testing vs. mail-in blood sample collection or medical/community HIV testing by young adult black, Hispanic, and white MSM: results from a randomized trial”. IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017). Paris, France, July 23-26, 2017.
Merchant RC, Alexovitz KA, Clark MA, Liu T, Rosenberger JG, Bauermeister JA, and Mayer KH (2017). “Discordance of voluntary HIV testing with HIV sexual risk-taking and perceived HIV infection risk among social media-using black, Hispanic, and white young-men-who-have-sex-with-men (YMSM)”. IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017). Paris, France, July 23-26, 2017.
Orango O, Liu T, Cu-Uvin S (2017). “VIA, Pap smear, and HR-HPV testing in women with HIV/AIDS for post-treatment cervical cancer screening: Same tests, different priorities”. The 31st International Papillomavirus Conference. February 28-March 4, 2017. Cape Town, South Africa.
Liu T (2016). “Date-driven method for optimal allocation of gold standard testing under constrained availability”. The 5th International Conference on Biometrics & Biostatistics, Oct 20-21, 2016. Houston, TX, USA. (Invited presentation)
Orango O, Chau D, Liu T, Itsura P, Tonui, Cu-Uvin S (2016). “Post-LEEP surveillance in HIV-positive and HIV-negative women in western Kenya” The 16th Biennial Meeting of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society. Oct 29-31, 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.
Xu Y, Liu T, Delong AK, Bove G, Coetzer M, Diero L, Daniels MJ, Kantor R, Hogan JW (2016) “Comparison of machine learning and rule-combining methods for clinical decision making in HIV/AIDS” [#29] The 2016 Brown University School of Public Health Research Day. April 13, 2016, Providence RI.
The Brown School of Public Health Best PhD Poster Presentation Award
Merchant RC, Zhang Z, Liu T, and Baird JR (2016). “Does a brief intervention reduce drug use and increase drug treatment utilization among adult emergency department patients over a one-year period?” [#1169] The 2016 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Meeting, May 10-13, 2016, New Orleans.
Merchant RC, Baird J and Liu T (2016). “How do one-question screening strategies compare to a more comprehensive substance use assessment in identifying adult emergency department patients who might need an intervention?” [#1170] The 2016 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Meeting, May 10-13, 2016, New Orleans.
Kuo I, Trezza C, Castonguay B, Olsen H, Rawls A, Patrick R, Banerman L, Liu T, Kurth A and Beckwith C (2016). “Study retention among HIV-infected persons in Washington, DC recently released from correctional facilities.” Panel: “An In-depth Examination of the Seek, Test, Treat and Retain (STTR) Framework in Four Criminal Justice Population Research Studies” The 9th Academic & Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, March 17-18, Baltimore, MD.
Liu T (2016). “Optimal allocation of gold standard testing under constrained availability: application to assessment of HIV treatment failure”. Drexel University. Dornsife School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. Feb 1, Philadelphia, PA. (Invited presentation)
Liu T, Hogan JW and Kantor R (2015). “Improved HIV treatment monitoring using pooled viral-load testing: A microsimulation study", CFAR/BUMC Collaborative Symposium. Boston University Medical Center. November 18, 2015, Boston, MA. (Invited presentation)
Liu T and Hogan JW (2015). “Coherence, Relevance, Transparency: The three requirements for sensitivity analysis in clinical trials.” The Fourth ISBS/DIA Joint Symposium on Biopharmaceutical Statistics, June 29-July 1, Beijing, China. (Invited presentation)
Merchant RC, Liu T, Clark M, Rosenberger J, Bauermeister J and Mayer K (2015). “How do young adult social media-using black, Hispanic and white MSM differ in their interest in using fingerstick rapid HIV self-testing? Implications for encouraging testing among hard to reach populations.” The 2015 International AIDS Society Meeting (late breaker). Vancouver, Canada. July 20-22.
Kuo I, Kurth A, Liu T,Trezza C, Bazerman L, Castonguay B, Olsen H, Patrick R, Abbott S, Cates A,Peterson J, Beckwith C. (2015) “Gender Disparities Among HIV-Positive Individuals Involved in the Criminal Justice System: The CARE+ Corrections Study in Washington, DC”. (ID 2252). The 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, GA, December 6-9, 2015.
Merchant RC, Liu T, Melissa C, Bauermeister, J, Mayer K. (2015). “Incongruence between self-perceived HIV risk and reported sexual risk among social media-using Black, Hispanic and white MSM.” (ID 1714). The 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, GA, December 6-9, 2015.
Merchant RC, Liu T, Melissa C, Bauermeister, J, Mayer K. (2015). “Low PrEP utilization among among social media-using young adult Black, Hispanic and white MSM at higher risk for HIV acquisition.” (ID1829). The 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, GA, December 6-9, 2015.
Liu T (2015) “HIV treatment monitoring for resource limited settings: data-driven methods to optimize utility of viral load testing.” Saint Louis University, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, St Louis, MO, March 20, 2015. (Invited presentation)
Merchant RC, DeLong AK, Liu T and Baird JR (2015) “Does a brief intervention among drug misusing adult emergency department patients increase uptake of rapid HIV/HCV screening?” The 2015 National Summit on HCV and HIV Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care, June 4-6, Arlington VA.
Kuo I, Kurth A, Cates A, Trezza C, Bazerman L, Castonguay B, Olsen H, Patrick R, LiuT, Peterson J, Abbott S, Beckwith C (2015). “HIV Risk and Clinical Characteristics Among HIV-Positive Individuals Involved in the Criminal Justice System: The CARE+ Corrections Trial in Washington, DC” The 2015 International AIDS Society Meeting. Vancouver, Canada. July 20-22.
Merchant RC, Baird JR, Liu T, and Nirenberg TD. “Does A Brief Intervention For Adult Emergency Department Patients Decrease Drug Misuse And Increase Drug Treatment Services Utilization?” [abstract] 2015 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 12-15, 2015.
Merchant RC, Shao W, Guan W*, Clark MA, Liu T, Santelices C and Cortes DE (2015). “Variations in recruitment yield, costs, and speed and participant diversity across internet or social media platforms in a global study of HIV/AIDS and HIV testing knowledge”. The 2015 International AIDS Society Meeting. Vancouver, Canada. July 20-22.
Merchant, R.C., Baird, J.R., Liu T, and Nirenberge, T.D. (2015). “Short-term efficacy of a brief intervention to reduce drug misuse and increase drug treatment utilization among adult emergency department patients”. The 2015 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Meeting. San Diego, CA. May 12-16, 2015.
Guan W*, Liu T, Baird JR, and Merchant RC (2015) “Evaluation of a brief intervention to reduce negative consequences of drug misuse among adult emergency department patients.” Brown Public Health Research Day (Poster Presentation). April 16 2015, Brown University, Providence, RI. (*Advised student).
Liu T (2015) “Optimal allocation of gold standard testing under constrained availability.” Dalian Medical University School of Public Health. March 10, Dalian, China. (Invited presentation)
Stillman, AE, Gatsonis, CG, Lima, J, Cormack, J, Gareen, I., Hoffmann, U, Liu T., Mavromatis, K., Schnall, M., Udelson, J., Woodward, P., and RESCUE Investigators ACRIN. (2015). “Randomized evaluation of patients with stable angina comparing utilization of noninvasive examinations (RESCUE) trial.” The 64th Annual Scientific Session & Expo of American College of Cardiology (ACC). San Diego, CA. March 14-16, 2015.
Liu T (2015) “Design of non-inferiority and equivalence clinical trials with time-to-event outcomes: The RESCUE study.” North Sichuan Medical College School of Public Health, March 3-4, Sichuan, China. (Invited lecture)
Liu, T., Hogan, J.W., Huang, R*, Kantor, R. (2015) “Improved viral load monitoring capacity with rank-based algorithms for pooled assays”. The 2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Seattle, WA. Feb 23-26, 2015. (*Advised student). (Poster Presentation)
Liu T, Hogan JW, and Kantor R (2014). “Optimal Allocation of Viral Load Testing Under Resource Constraints”. The 2014 CFAR National Meeting. Providence, RI. November 5-6, 2014. (Invited Presentation)
Merchant, R.C., Baird, J.R., Liu, T., Beaudoin, F., and Nirenberg, T. (2014). “Severity of substance misuse and need for substance misuse interventions among adult emergency department patients.” [abstract 189] American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly. Chicago, IL, October 27.
Shao, W., Merchant, R., Clark, M., Liu, T., Guan, W., Santelices, C, Cortes, D. (2014). “Does a Video Improve HIV/AIDS and HIV Testing Knowledge Among a Global Sample of Internet and Social Media Users?” [abstract 35819] National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media. Atlanta, GA, August 20.
Liu, T., Hogan, J.W., and Kantor, R. (2014). “Optimizing Diagnosis of HIV Treatment Failure with Selective Use of Gold Standard Test.” The 2014 New England Statistics Symposium. Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. April 25-26. (Invited Presentation)
Shao, W., Merchant, R., Clark, M., Liu, T., Guan, W., Santelices, C, Cortes, D. (2014). “How Do Internet and Social Media Sites Compare in Achieving Optimal Completion Rates and Costs for an Internet-Based Research Study?” The 2014 CDC National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media. (August 19-21).
Orango, E., Liu, T., Itsura, P., Mabeya, H., Christofferson-deb, A., Washington, S., and Cu-Uvin, S. (2014) “Visual inspection with acetic acid is good for follow-up after cryotherapy in HIV-infected women.” The 2014 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. March 3-6, 2014, Boston, MA.
Merchant RC, Baird JR, Liu T., Taylor L, Montague B, and Nirenberg T. (2014). “Does a Brief Intervention Increase HIV/HCV Screening among Drug-using Emergency Department Patients?” [abstract #743] 2014 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, May 14, 2014.
Liu, T., Hogan, J.W., Wang, L., Zhang, S. and Kantor, R. (2014) “Optimizing diagnostic accuracy of HIV treatment failure in resource-limited settings with selective use of of viral load testing.” The 17th International Workshop on HIV Observational Databases. Cavtat, Croatia. March 2014. (Reference #17-185).
Jones, M.M, Liu, T., and Shenassa, E.D. (2013) “Differential secular trends in BMI in relation to region of childhood residence: A 25 years follow-up of a nationally representative sample.” (Poster, Session 4362). The American Public Health Association (APHA) 141st Annual Meeting. Nov 2-6, 2013, Boston, MA.
Thakore, R.*, Pinkson, M., and Liu, T. (2013). “The effect of cocaine Use on the diet and metabolic status of HIV-infected individuals.” Brown Public Health Research Day (Poster Presentation). April 18, Brown University, Providence, RI. (*Advised student).
Tai, M.*, Liu, T., and Merchant, R.C. (2013). “HIV/AIDS-related hospitalization rates in US short-stay hospitals, 1982-2010.” Brown Public Health Research Day (Poster Presentation). April 18, Brown University, Providence, RI. (*Advised student)
Orango, E., Itsura, P., Liu, T., Mabeya, H., Christoffersen-Deb, A., Washington, S., and Cu-Uvin, S. (2013). “Six Months Follow-up of HIV-infected Women After Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Immediate Cryotherapy in Western, Kenya.” The 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Atlanta GA. March 3-6, 2013; Poster.
Merchant RC, Clark MA, Liu, T., Santelices C, and Cortes D. (2012). “Can a video substitute for an in-person discussion in delivering HIV pre-test information to Spanish-speaking Latinos and better serve those with lower health literacy?” [Paper #31945] 2012 National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media. Atlanta, GA, August 7-9, 2012.
Merchant R.C., Clark M.A., Liu, T., Santelices C., and Cortes D. (2012) “Can a video substitute for an in-person discussion in delivering HIV pre-test information to Spanish-speaking Latinos?” The 2012 National Summit on HIV and Viral Hepatitis Diagnosis, Prevention and Access To Care. Poster #116. Washington DC. November 26-28, 2012.
Tai, M.*, Liu, T., and Merchant, R.C. (2013). “HIV/AIDS-related hospitalization rates in US short-stay hospitals, 1982-2010.” The 2012 National Summit on HIV and Viral Hepatitis Diagnosis, Prevention and Access To Care. Abstract #80. Washington DC. November 26-28, 2012. (Peer-reviewed).
Kuo I., Kurth A., Bazerman L., Peterson J., Cates A., Azikiwe N., Wong J., Liu, T., and Beckwith C. (2012). “CARE+ Corrections—Innovative use of technology in jails to support linkage and adherence to HIV care.” The 2nd International Treatment as Prevention Workshop 2012, April, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Liu, T., Hogan, J.W., Zhang, S., Kantor, R. (2012). “Using auxiliary biomarkers to improve pooling strategies for HIV viral load testing.” The 2012 International Biometrics Society (IBS) ENAR Meeting, May, Washington DC. (Invited Presentation)
Liu, T. (2011). “Optimizing diagnosis of HIV viral failure with selective use of gold standard testing in resource limited settings.” CFAR Research-in-Progress Lectureship Series, November 18, 2011. The Mariam Hospital, Providence, RI. (Invited Presentation)
Liu, T. (2011). “Instrumental variable method and principal stratification: An application to a CFAR study.” ACRIN Working Group Meeting, Brown University, Oct 18, 2011, Providence, RI. (Invited Lecture)
Baird J.R., Merchant R.C., Nirenberg T.D., Liu, T., and Ladd G.T. (2011). “Increasing the uptake of testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea among young female Emergency Department patients.” [Abstract: 244972] 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Nov 1, Washington, DC.
Trillo A., Merchant R.C., Baird J.R., Liu, T., and Nirenberg, T.D. (2011). “Gender differences in alcohol misuse and estimated blood alcohol levels among emergency department patients: implications for brief interventions.” [Abstract: 16] 8th Annual International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol & Other Drugs (INEBRIA) Conference, Sept 22, Boston, MA.
Merchant R.C., Baird J.R., Nirenberg T.D., Liu, T., and Ladd G.T. (2011). “Does self-report of alcohol misuse and sexual risk-taking behavior motivate patients to be tested for HIV? “[Abstract: 1399] CDC 2011 National HIV Prevention Conference, Aug 14-17, Atlanta, GA.
Merchant R.C., Baird J.R., Nirenberg T.D., Liu, T., and Ladd G.T. (2011). “Increasing HIV sexual risk-taking as a function of alcohol misuse among emergency department patients.” [Abstract: 1408] CDC 2011 National HIV Prevention Conference, Aug 14-17, Atlanta, GA.
Liu, T. (2011). “Optimizing diagnosis of HIV treatment failure with selective use of gold standard test.” ACRIN Working Group Meeting, Brown University, July 27, 2011, Providence, RI. (Invited Presentation)
Liu, T. (2011). “Comparison of positive predictive values in matched pairs clinical trials.” Invited Lectureship Series of the 60th Anniversary of North Sichuan Medical College. June 7, 2011. Nanchong, Sichuan, China. (Invited Presentation)
Hogan, J., Liu, T., Kantor, R., Wang, L., and Zhang, S. (2011). “Optimizing diagnosis of HIV viral failure with selective use of gold standard testing in resource limited settings.” Workshop on Statistical Methods in HIV research. April 14-15, 2011, Montreal Canada. (By Invitation).
Liu, T., Hogan, J. and Kantor, R. (2011). “Optimal use of selective viral load testing for HIV treatment monitoring in resource limited settings.” The 2011 International Biometrics Society (IBS) ENAR Meeting. March, Miami, FL.
Anderson, A., Firnhaber C., Liu, T., Swarts, A., Siminya, M. and Cu-Uvin, S. (2011). “ ” The International Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Feb 27-Mar 2, Boston, MA. (Peer-reviewed).
Anderson, B., Firnhaber, C., Swarts, A., Siminya, M., Liu, T., and Cu-Uvin, S (2010). “Self-Collected Vaginal Swabs for Trichomoniasis Testing in HIV-infected Women in South Africa.” The 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology (IDSOG). Aug. 5-7. Santa Fe, NM.
Guzman H., Merchant, R.C., Baird, J.R., Nirenberg, T.D., Liu, T., Ladd, G.T. (2010) “How does hazardous and heavy episodic alcohol drinking relate to HIV sexual risk among emergency department patients?” Annals of Emergency Medicine, 56 (3), S22-S22. [PII: S0196-0644(10)00690-6; doi:10.1016].
Guzman, H., Merchant, R.C., Baird, J.R., Nirenberg, T.D., Liu, T., and Ladd, G.T. (2010). “How does hazardous and heavy episodic alcohol drinking relate to HIV sexual risk among emergency department patients?” 2010 American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly Research Forum, Las Vegas, NV. (Peer-reviewed).
Xu, H*, and Liu, T. (2010). “Community Context and Obesity among Chinese Adults: A Longitudinal and Multilevel Analysis.” Population Association of America 2010 Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX. (Peer-reviewed) (*Advised student).
Mabeya, H., Khozaim, K., Liu, T., Orango, O., Chumba, D., Pisharodi, L., and Cu-Uvin, S. (2010). “Comparison of Conventional Pap Smear and Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) in HIV Infected Women in Western Kenya.” The International Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2010, San Francisco, CA. (Peer-reviewed).
Liu, T., DeLong, A., and Blossom, B. (2009). “Challenge to IDSA recommendations for late neurologic Lyme disease treatment and post Lyme syndrome.” The 2009 International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) Conference, Washington DC. 2010. (By invitation).
Merchant R.C., Waxman M.J., Clark M.A., Maher J.C., Celada M.T., Beckwith C.G., Liu, T., Simmons E.A., and Mayer K.H. (2009). “Do patients and clinicians have ethical concerns about the 2006 CDC HIV testing recommendations?” The 2009 CDC National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA. (Peer-reviewed).
Waxman M.J., Merchant R.C., Clark M.A., Maher J.G., Celada M.T., Beckwith C.G., Liu, T., Simmons E.A., and Mayer K.H. (2009). “Will the 2006 CDC HIV testing recommendations reduce stigma and increase HIV testing?” The 2009 CDC National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA. (Peer-reviewed).
Nijhawan A., McManus J., Liu T., DeLong A.K., Chapman S., Rapoza K., Kurpewski J., Caliendo A. and Cu-Uvin S. (2009). “The effect of Acyclovir on CD4 count and CD4 percent slope in HIV-1/HSV-2 co-infected women taking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).” The 47th IDSA Annual Meeting; Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2009, Philadelphia, PA.
McManus J., Nijhawan A., Liu T., DeLong A., Chapman S., Rapoza K., Kurpewski J., Caliendo A. and Cu-Uvin S. (2009). “The effect of Acyclovir on the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis on HIV-1/HSV-2 co-infected women taking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).” 47th IDSA Annual Meeting; Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2009, Philadelphia, PA.
Waxman, M.J., Merchant, R., Maher, J., Clark, M., Simmons, E., Celada, T., Beckwith, C., Liu, T. (2009). “Who prefers CDC-recommended streamlined methods for HIV testing?” The 2009 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (Peer-reviewed).
Beckwith, C.G., Liu, T., Bazerman, L.B., DeLong, A.K., Pinkston, M., Nunn, A., and Flanigan, T.P. (2009). “Identification of multiple HIV risk factors among jail detainees.” The 2009 CDC National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA. (Peer-reviewed).
Waxman, M.J., Merchant, R.C., Maher, J.G., Clark, M.A., Simmons, E.A., Celada, M.T., Beck- with, C.G., Liu T, and Mayer, K.H. (2008). “Do clinicians prefer the 2006 or 2001 CDC HIV testing recommendations?” The 2008 Forum for Collaborative HIV Research. Poster # 151. (Peer-reviewed).
Caliendo A, Chapman S, Cu-Uvin S, DeLong A, Kurpewski J, Liu T, McManus J, Nijhawan A, and Rapoza K (2009). “The Effect of Acyclovir on CD4 Count and CD4 PercentSlope in HIV-1/HSV-2 Co-infected Women Taking Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART).” Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009 Annual Meeting, October 2009.
Waxman, M.J., Clark, M.A., Maher, J.C., Simmons, E.A., Celada, M.T., Beckwith, C.G., Liu, T., and Mayer, K.H. (2008). “Do patients and clinicians have ethical concerns about the 2006 CDC HIV testing recommendations?” The CDC National HIV Prevention Conference. (Peer-reviewed).
Beckwith, C., Liu, T., Bazerman, L., DeLong, A.K., Desjardins, S., and Flanigan, T. (2008). “HIV risk behavior pre- and post-HIV testing and counseling in jail.” The 2008 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Washington DC. (Peer-reviewed).
Phelan, S., Gorin, A., Liu, T., Hogan, J.W., Lowe, M., Fava, F., and Wing, R. (2008). “What distinguishes long-term weight loss maintainers from the treatment-seeking obese? Analysis of environmental, behavioral, and psychosocial variables.” The 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO), Phoenix, AZ. (Peer-reviewed).
Moreira C., Delong A.K., Liu, T., Kurpewski J., Ingersoll J., Caliendo A., and Cu-Uvin S.C. (2008). “HIV-infected women on highly active antiretroviral therapy with asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis have low rates of genital tract HIV-1 RNA shedding.” The 17th International AIDS Conference (IAS), Mexico. (Peer-reviewed).
Merchant R.C., DePalo D.M., Liu, T., Rich J.D., and Stein M.D. (2008). “Predictors of a chlamydia and/or gonorrhea infection among adult male emergency department patients.” The 2008 National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Prevention Conference, Chicago, IL. (Peer-reviewed).
Anderson B.L., Liu, T., DeLong A.K., Ingersoll J., Wang C.C., Kurpewski J., Caliendo A., and Cu-Uvin S.C. (2007). “Genital tract shedding of HIV-1 RNA and lower genital tract infections may be linked by inflammation.” The 45th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), San Diego, CA. 2008 (Peer-reviewed).
Wang C.C., Liu T., Anderson B.L., DeLong A.K., Chapman S., Kurpewski J., Ingersoll J., Caliendo A.M., Cu-Uvin S.C. (2008) “Association between genital tract HIV-1 RNA shedding and mucosal inflammation among women on effective ART with undetectable plasma viral load.” Poster presentation. The 15th Annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), February, 2008, Boston, MA.
Anderson B.L., DeLong A.K., Liu, T., Wang C.C., Kurpewski J., and Cu-Uvin S.C. (2007). “Association between genital tract white blood cells and viral shedding among HIV-infected women in the absence of genital infections.” The 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology (IDSOG), Boston, MA. (Peer-reviewed).
Liu, T., Hogan, J.W., and DeLong, A.K. (2008). “Bounds of ATE and unmeasured confounding bias in observational studies with continuous outcome.” The 2008 International Biometric Society (IBS) ENAR meeting, Arlington, VA.
Liu, T. and Heitjan, D.F. (2007). “Sensitivity of Cox regression to nonignorable censoring.” The 2007 American Statistical Association (ASA) Joint Statistical meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
Liu, T. and Heitjan, D.F. (2006). “Sensitivity and Kaplan-Meier estimate to nonignorable censoring.” Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Harvard University), Department of Biostatistics and Computation Biology, Cambridge, MA. (Invited Presentation)
Liu, T. and Heitjan, D.F. (2006). “Sensitivity and Kaplan-Meier estimate to nonignorable censoring.” Brown University, Center for Statistical Sciences, Department of Community Health, Providence, RI. (Invited Presentation)
Liu, T. and Heitjan, D.F. (2006). “Sensitivity and Kaplan-Meier estimate to nonignorable censoring.” The 2006 American Statistical Association (ASA) Joint Statistical Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Liu, T. and Gao, L. (2006). “Relationship assessment between PK and PD.” The 2006 International Biometric Society (IBS) ENAR Meeting, Tampa, FL.
Liu, T. and Heitjan, D.F. (2006). “Sensitivity and Kaplan-Meier estimate to nonignorable censoring.” The 2006 International Biometric Society (IBS) ENAR Meeting, Tampa, FL. (Invited Presentation; Distinguished Paper Award)
Liu, T. and Fedorov, V.V. (2006). “Randomized discontinuation trials.” The 2006 International Biometric Society (IBS) ENAR Meeting, Tampa, FL.