Jianghong Liu, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Contact Information
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Room 426 Fagin Hall
418 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4217
UNITED STATES
tel: (215) 898-8293
email: jhliu@nursing.upenn.edu

Dr. Liu received undergraduate Nursing education in China, and obtained her Master's degree in Maternal-Child Health Nursing at UCLA. Her Ph.D. training from the School of Nursing at UCLA was in Interdisciplinary Research, where she integrated knowledge across Nursing, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Public Health. After having completed her NIH postdoctoral fellowship training on developmental psychopathology at University of Southern California, She joined the faculty of Penn Nursing in July 2007.

Research
Dr. Liu's research focuses on the early health risk factors in relation to childhood behavioral problems with an emphasis on aggressive behavior. Her research has three main features: an interdisciplinary collaborative approach; work in international settings, and the use of longitudinal methodology. Her specific research areas include prenatal/postnatal risk factors, early nutritional deficits, and environmental toxicity in the development of childhood cognitive impairments and antisocial behavior. Her work has been published in journals including American Journal of Psychiatry, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, and Current Opinion in Pediatrics. Dr. Liu currently holds a Research Scientist Development Award (K01) from NIH/NIEHS and is the Principal Investigator of the Jintan Child Health Project in China. This longitudinal study was begun in 2004 and follows children into adolescence to investigate the influence of lead exposure and micronutrient deficiency on children's behavior.

• Currently Funded Grants

• Center for Biobehavioral Research

Honors/Credentials
Dr. Liu received a Predoctoral Fellowship Award (2000-2002) and Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (2003-2006) from National Institutes of Health, Dr. Liu is a member of Society of Toxicology and a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

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