Ching-Ti Liu
Profiles

Ching-Ti T. Liu, PhD

Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health

ctliu@bu.edu

Biography

Dr. Liu's research interest mainly focuses on the development of statistical and computational approaches for genetics/genomics and bioinformatics studies. He also collaborates as a statistician or statistical geneticist on projects studying complex diseases such as diabetes, obesity, musculoskeletal disorder, and cancer. Dr. Liu has more than 10-year experience working on Framingham Heart Study (FHS) as a biostatistician collaborating on various projects. Dr. Liu has also functioned as a collaborator on traditional epidemiological, biomedical or basic science research beyond FHS. In addition, Dr. Liu has been actively engaged in several international collaborative consortia for the analysis of genetics and genomics data.

Other Positions

  • Investigator - Framingham Heart Study

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles, PhD Field of Study: Statistics
  • University of California, Los Angeles, MS Field of Study: Statistics
  • National Central University, MS Field of Study: Statistics
  • National Central University, BS Field of Study: Statistics

Classes Taught

  • SPHBS723
  • SPHBS806

Publications

  • Published on 1/1/2025

    Florea VV, Gajjar P, Huang S, Tang J, Zhao S, Davenport M, Mi MY, Haff M, Zhang X, Miller PE, Vasan RS, Liu CT, Lewis GD, Shah RV, Long MT, Nayor M. Hepatic Steatosis and Fibrosis, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Metabolic Mediators in the Community. Liver Int. 2025 Jan; 45(1):e16147. PMID: 39673712.

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  • Published on 11/1/2024

    Anwar MY, Highland H, Buchanan VL, Graff M, Young K, Taylor KD, Tracy RP, Durda P, Liu Y, Johnson CW, Aguet F, Ardlie KG, Gerszten RE, Clish CB, Lange LA, Ding J, Goodarzi MO, Chen YI, Peloso GM, Guo X, Stanislawski MA, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Justice AE, Liu CT, North K. Machine learning-based clustering identifies obesity subgroups with differential multi-omics profiles and metabolic patterns. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 Nov; 32(11):2024-2034. PMID: 39497627.

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  • Published on 10/3/2024

    Hawkes G, Beaumont RN, Li Z, Mandla R, Li X, Albert CM, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Ashrani AA, Barnes KC, Boerwinkle E, Brody JA, Carson AP, Chami N, Chen YI, Chung MK, Curran JE, Darbar D, Ellinor PT, Fornage M, Gordeuk VR, Guo X, He J, Hwu CM, Kalyani RR, Kaplan R, Kardia SLR, Kooperberg C, Loos RJF, Lubitz SA, Minster RL, Naseri T, Viali S, Mitchell BD, Murabito JM, Palmer ND, Psaty BM, Redline S, Shoemaker MB, Silverman EK, Telen MJ, Weiss ST, Yanek LR, Zhou H, Liu CT, North KE, Justice AE, Locke JM, Owens N, Murray A, Patel K, Frayling TM, Wright CF, Wood AR, Lin X, Manning A, Weedon MN. Whole-genome sequencing in 333,100 individuals reveals rare non-coding single variant and aggregate associations with height. Nat Commun. 2024 Oct 03; 15(1):8549. PMID: 39362880.

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  • Published on 9/4/2024

    Noordam R, Wang W, Nagarajan P, Wang H, Brown MR, Bentley AR, Hui Q, Kraja AT, Morrison JL, O'Connel JR, Lee S, Schwander K, Bartz TM, de las Fuentes L, Feitosa MF, Guo X, Hanfei X, Harris SE, Huang Z, Kals M, Lefevre C, Mangino M, Milaneschi Y, van der Most P, Pacheco NL, Palmer ND, Rao V, Rauramaa R, Sun Q, Tabara Y, Vojinovic D, Wang Y, Weiss S, Yang Q, Zhao W, Zhu W, Abu Yusuf Ansari M, Aschard H, Anugu P, Assimes TL, Attia J, Baker LD, Ballantyne C, Bazzano L, Boerwinkle E, Cade B, Chen HH, Chen W, Ida Chen YD, Chen Z, Cho K, De Anda-Duran I, Dimitrov L, Do A, Edwards T, Faquih T, Hingorani A, Fisher-Hoch SP, Gaziano JM, Gharib SA, Giri A, Ghanbari M, Grabe HJ, Graff M, Gu CC, He J, Heikkinen S, Hixson J, Ho YL, Hood MM, Houghton SC, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Kawaguchi T, Kilpeläinen TO, Komulainen P, Lin HJ, Linchangco GV, Luik AI, Ma J, Meigs JB, McCormick JB, Menni C, Nolte IM, Norris JM, Petty LE, Polikowsky HG, Raffield LM, Rich SS, Riha RL, Russ TC, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Sitlani CM, Smith JA, Snieder H, Sofer T, Shen B, Tang J, Taylor KD, Teder-Laving M, Triatin R, Tsai MY, Völzke H, Westerman KE, Xia R, Yao J, Young KL, Zhang R, Zonderman AB, Zhu X, Below JE, Cox SR, Evans M, Fornage M, Fox ER, Franceschini N, Harlow SD, Holliday E, Ikram MA, Kelly T, Lakka TA, Lawlor DA, Li C, Liu CT, Mägi R, Manning AK, Matsuda F, Morrison AC, Nauck M, North KE, Penninx BW, Province MA, Psaty BM, Rotter JI, Spector TD, Wagenknecht LE, Willems van Dijk K, Study LC, Jaquish CE, Wilson PW, Peyser PA, Munroe PB, de Vries PS, Gauderman WJ, Sun YV, Chen H, Miller CL, Winkler TW, Rao DC, Redline S, van Heemst D. A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Gene-Sleep Interaction Study in 732,564 Participants Identifies Lipid Loci Explaining Sleep-Associated Lipid Disturbances. medRxiv. 2024 Sep 04. PMID: 39281768.

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  • Published on 8/5/2024

    Usiskin IM, Mitchell GF, Bouxsein ML, Liu CT, Kiel DP, Samelson EJ. Vascular function and skeletal fragility: a study of tonometry, brachial hemodynamics, and bone microarchitecture. J Bone Miner Res. 2024 Aug 05; 39(7):906-917. PMID: 38709885.

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  • Published on 7/17/2024

    Wang H, Nagarajan P, Winkler T, Bentley A, Miller C, Kraja A, Schwander K, Lee S, Wang W, Brown M, Morrison J, Giri A, O'Connell J, Bartz T, Fuentes LL, Gudmundsdottir V, Guo X, Harris S, Huang Z, Kals M, Kho M, Lefevre C, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, Mangino M, Milaneschi Y, Palmer N, Rao V, Rauramaa R, Shen B, Stadler S, Sun Q, Tang J, Thériault S, van der Graaf A, van der Most P, Wang Y, Weiss S, Westerman K, Yang Q, Yasuharu T, Zhao W, Zhu W, Altschul D, Ansari MAY, Anugu P, Argoty-Pantoja A, Arzt M, Aschard H, Attia J, Bazzano L, Breyer M, Brody J, Cade B, Chen HH, Chen YI, Chen Z, de Vries P, Dimitrov L, Do A, Du J, Dupont C, Edwards T, Evans M, Faquih T, Felix S, Fisher-Hoch S, Floyd J, Graff M, Gu CC, Gu D, Hairston K, Hanley A, Heid I, Heikkinen S, Highland H, Hood M, Kähönen M, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Kawaguchi T, Kazuya S, Tanika K, Komulainen P, Levy D, Lin H, Liu P, Marques-Vidal P, McCormick J, Mei H, Meigs J, Menni C, Nam K, Nolte I, Pacheco N, Petty L, Polikowsky H, Province M, Psaty B, Raffield L, Raitakari O, Rich S, Riha R, Risch L, Risch M, Ruiz-Narvaez E, Scott R, Sitlani C, Smith J, Sofer T, Teder-Laving M, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Wang G, van Dijk KW, Wilson O, Xia R, Yao J, Young K, Zhang R, Zhu X, Below J, Böger C, Conen D, Cox S, Dörr M, Feitosa M, Fox E, Franceschini N, Gharib S, Gudnason V, Harlow S, He J, Holliday E, Kutalik Z, Lakka T, Lawlor D, Lee S, Lehtimäki T, Li C, Liu CT, Mägi R, Matsuda F, Morrison A, Penninx BWJH, Peyser P, Rotter J, Snieder H, Spector T, Wagenknecht L, Wareham N, Zonderman A, North K, Fornage M, Hung A, Manning A, Gauderman W, Chen H, Munroe P, Rao D, van Heemst D, Redline S, Noordam R. A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Study of Gene-Sleep Duration Interactions for Blood Pressure in 811,405 Individuals from Diverse Populations. Res Sq. 2024 Jul 17. PMID: 39070651.

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  • Published on 6/12/2024

    Xu H, Gupta S, Dinsmore I, Kollu A, Cawley AM, Anwar MY, Chen HH, Petty LE, Seshadri S, Graff M, Below P, Brody JA, Chittoor G, Fisher-Hoch SP, Heard-Costa NL, Levy D, Lin H, Loos RJ, Mccormick JB, Rotter JI, Mirshahi T, Still CD, Destefano A, Cupples LA, Mohlke KL, North KE, Justice AE, Liu CT. Integrating Genetic and Transcriptomic Data to Identify Genes Underlying Obesity Risk Loci. medRxiv. 2024 Jun 12. PMID: 38903089.

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  • Published on 6/1/2024

    Kwak SH, Hernandez-Cancela RB, DiCorpo DA, Condon DE, Merino J, Wu P, Brody JA, Yao J, Guo X, Ahmadizar F, Meyer M, Sincan M, Mercader JM, Lee S, Haessler J, Vy HMT, Lin Z, Armstrong ND, Gu S, Tsao NL, Lange LA, Wang N, Wiggins KL, Trompet S, Liu S, Loos RJF, Judy R, Schroeder PH, Hasbani NR, Bos MM, Morrison AC, Jackson RD, Reiner AP, Manson JE, Chaudhary NS, Carmichael LK, Chen YI, Taylor KD, Ghanbari M, van Meurs J, Pitsillides AN, Psaty BM, Noordam R, Do R, Park KS, Jukema JW, Kavousi M, Correa A, Rich SS, Damrauer SM, Hajek C, Cho NH, Irvin MR, Pankow JS, Nadkarni GN, Sladek R, Goodarzi MO, Florez JC, Chasman DI, Heckbert SR, Kooperberg C, Dupuis J, Malhotra R, de Vries PS, Liu CT, Rotter JI, Meigs JB. Time-to-Event Genome-Wide Association Study for Incident Cardiovascular Disease in People With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2024 Jun 01; 47(6):1042-1047. PMID: 38652672.

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  • Published on 4/8/2024

    Xin Z, Xu H, Zhang X, Samelson EJ, Kiel DP, Liu CT. Association of bone fracture with 30-year body mass index (BMI) trajectories: findings from the Framingham Heart Study : Bone fracture and 30-year BMI trajectories. Osteoporos Int. 2024 Jul; 35(7):1205-1212. PMID: 38587675.

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  • Published on 4/8/2024

    Tang J, Xu H, Xin Z, Mei Q, Gao M, Yang T, Zhang X, Levy D, Liu CT. Identifying BMI-associated genes via a genome-wide multi-omics integrative approach using summary data. Hum Mol Genet. 2024 Apr 08; 33(8):733-738. PMID: 38215789.

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