Xiaoran Liu, PhD, MSc, FAHA

Biography

Xiaoran Liu’s research focuses on diet and lifestyle intervention to prevent cardiometabolic disease. She is a Fellow of American Heart Association. Her work from human clinical trials and epidemiological studies demonstrated the importance of quality of dietary fat in the prevention of obesity. These findings contribute to the shaping of dietary recommendations with an emphasis on food-based dietary patterns and facilitate the translation of what constitutes a healthful dietary pattern to the public.

Honors and Activities

2017 Scott Grundy Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research, American Heart Association, EPI/Lifestyle Scientific Sessions, 2017

2016 4th Annual Obesity Journal Symposium, Winning Paper in Obesity

2015 Clinical Emerging Leader Award Finalist, American Society for Nutrition

2014 Student Interest Group (SIG) Travel Award Competition Winner, American Society for Nutrition

2014 Student/Postdoc Abstract Competition Winner, American Society for Nutrition

2014 Clinical Emerging Leader Award Competition Finalist, American Society for Nutrition

2013 Top-scoring abstract, Best of AHA specialty conferences, American Heart Association, Scientific Sessions

2010 Nestlé Nutrition Graduate Student Competition Finalist, Canadian Nutrition Society, Canada

2010 Christine Gagnon Memorial Travel Award Winner, Canadian Nutrition Society, Canada

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Education

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