Qimin Liu

Lab Director: Quantitative Psychopathology Laboratory

Biographical Sketch

Qimin Liu received his PhD in Psychological Sciences with specializations in Clinical Science and Quantitative Methods from Vanderbilt University. He completed his pre-doctoral clinical internship in the University of Illinois Chicago Department of Psychiatry. He joined the BU faculty in 2023.

Research Interests

Dr. Liu’s research focuses on (1) emotional disturbances across development (e.g., affective phenomenology, social determinants, and suicidal/aggressive outcomes), (2) statistical method and software development (e.g., intensive longitudinal data models, data mining algorithms), (3) intersectional marginalization and health equity. The majority of his empirical research focuses on adults with severe mood disturbances through both primary data collection and secondary data analyses.

Selected Publications

• Liu, Q., & Maxwell, S. E. (2020). Multiplicative treatment effects in randomized pretest-posttest experimental designs. Psychological Methods, 25(1), 71–87.
• Liu, Q., & Cole, D. A. (2021). Aggressive outbursts among adults with major depressive disorder: Results from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiological Surveys. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 135, 325–331.
• Liu, Q., Nestor, B. A., & Cole, D. A. (2021). Differential associations of phasic and tonic irritability to suicidality among U.S. adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 292, 391–397.
• Liu, Q., Martin, N. C., Findling, R. L., Youngstrom, E. A., Garber, J., Curry, J. F., … Cole, D. A. (2021). Hopelessness and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents: An integrative data analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 130(6), 594–607.
• Friedman, M. R., Liu, Q., Meanley, S., Haberlen, S. A., Brown, A. L., Turan, B., Turan, J. M., Brennan-Ing, M., Stosor, V., Mimiaga, M. J., Ware, D., Egan, J. E., & Plankey, M. W. (2022). Biopsychosocial Health Outcomes and Experienced Intersectional Stigma in a Mixed HIV Serostatus Longitudinal Cohort of Aging Sexual Minority Men, United States, 2008‒2019. American Journal of Public Health, 112(S4), S452–S462.
• Liu, Q., Nestor, B. A., Eckstrand, K. L., & Cole, D. A. (2023). Stress proliferation in ethnoracial disparities of mental health among U.S. sexual minority adults. Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology. Advance Online Publication.