Wen Liu

Staff scientist at Department of Surgical Sciences; Medical epidemiology

E-mail:
wen.liu@uu.se
Visiting address:
Epihubben, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14 B
75185 Uppsala
Postal address:
Epihubben, MTC-huset
75185 Uppsala

Short presentation

Associate Professor in Cancer Epidemiology. My research focuses on genetic and environmental determinants of cancer, especially breast, endometrial and colorectal cancer. I apply molecular epidemiology and statistical genetics, including haplotype-based genome-wide analyses, to study cancer susceptibility, gene–environment interactions, and factors influencing disease progression and treatment response using population-based cohorts. I am also a research infrastructure specialist within SIMPLER.

Keywords

  • Cancer epidemiology
  • Molecular epidemiology
  • Genetic epidemiology
  • Statistical genetics
  • Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
  • Haplotype-based analysis
  • Genetic susceptibility
  • Gene–environment interactions
  • Environmental exposures
  • Breast cancer
  • Endometrial cancer
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Population-based cohorts
  • Biobank-based research
Wen Liu

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