Biography

Dr. Feng Liu-Smith (Editor In Chief)

Associate Professor (Tenure-track), Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 07/2023.

Assistant Professor (Tenure-track), Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 05/2020 - 06/2023.

Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Epidemiology, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, 11/2015-05/2020.

Assistant Professional Researcher, Department of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, 07/2013 – 11/2015.

Assistant Professional Researcher, Department of Medicine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, 07/2009 – 07/2013.

Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Medicine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, 02/2007– 07/2009.

Areas of Teaching Focus

Principle of Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology
Chronicle Disease Epidemiology
Biological Basis of Disease
Laboratory Techniques (molecular biology)

Areas of Research/Scholarship Focus

Cancer Epidemiology: incidence and survival, sex disparity, skin cancer, melanoma
Molecular epidemiology: SNP association analysis, marker gene discovery for incidence and survival
Genetics epidemiology: genetic predisposition of cancer
Molecular signal transduction in oncogenesis and progression

Professional Interests

Cancer Prevention, especially skin cancer prevention
Sex disparity in cancer development and survival

Other Interests

Role of life style and stress on disease development, how meditation may reduce such stress

Scholarly Profiles

ERA Commons: LIUFENG
Google Scholar
My NCBI
ResearcherID (Web of Science): AAX-7508-2020
University Profile: https://www.uthsc.edu/faculty/profile/?netid=fliusmit