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Dr Rong Liu

Dr Rong Liu

Senior Research Associate

BMed, MPH, PhD

Medicine & Health
The Kirby Institute

Dr Rong Liu is a public health researcher with expertise in evidence synthesis, implementation science, and health economic evaluations. Her research spans both non-communicable and infectious diseases, with a focus on generating evidence to inform health policy and practice. Her PhD investigated the efficacy, safety, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination among people with cardiovascular diseases in hospital settings.

Dr Liu has broad experience in health technology assessment, policy evaluation, micro-costing of virtual models of care, and epidemiological modelling of antimicrobial resistance testing strategies. Her research integrates epidemiological, implementation, and economic methods to evaluate healthcare interventions and improve population health outcomes.

At the Kirby Institute, Dr Liu’s research focuses on the epidemiology of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, particularly among people who inject drugs and individuals in custodial settings. Her work aims to support evidence-based strategies for the prevention, treatment, and elimination of viral hepatitis in priority settings.

Phone
+61-2-9348 3564
E-mail
rliu@kirby.unsw.edu.au
Location
Level 6, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW Sydney 2052
  • Journal articles | 2026
    Lin J; Wei X; Han P; Hsu T; Sun J; Marr C; Liu R; Joshi R; Duong MC; Chang O; Qin X; Ding J; Lu CY; Davidson PM; Kidd M, 2026, 'Mental health systems in Pacific island countries and territories: a scoping review of current evidence', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 69, pp. 101856 - 101856, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2026.101856
    Journal articles | 2026
    Liu R; Fan Y; Xiong S; Lin J; Patel A; Du X; Di Tanna GL; Liu H, 2026, 'Drivers of and implementation strategies for influenza vaccination for cardiovascular populations in China: a scoping review', Vaccine, 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128761
    Journal articles | 2025
    Anderson CS; Hua C; Wang Z; Wang C; Jiang C; Liu R; Han R; Li Q; Shan S; Billot L; Macintyre CR; Patel A; Zhang H; Ma C; Dong J; Du X, 2025, 'Influenza vaccination to improve outcomes for patients with acute heart failure (PANDA II): a multiregional, seasonal, hospital-based, cluster-randomised, controlled trial in China', Lancet, 406, pp. 1020 - 1031, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01485-0
    Journal articles | 2025
    Liu R; Patel A; Liu H; Du X; Di Tanna GL; Jan S; Atkins ER, 2025, 'Influenza vaccination in patients with heart failure compared to usual practice: A model-based cost-effectiveness analysis', Vaccine, 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127566
    Journal articles | 2025
    Yang PF; Errington BR; Bartyn J; Liu R; Bein KJ; Hutchings OR; Davis RA, 2025, 'Management of COVID-19 in the community using virtual care: An Australian perspective', Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 31, pp. 1336 - 1343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1357633X241292236
    Journal articles | 2024
    Lee VY; Monjur MR; Santos JA; Patel A; Liu R; Di Tanna GL; Gupta Y; Goyal A; Ajanthan S; Praveen D; Lakshmi JK; de Silva HA; Tandon N, 2024, 'The efficacy of interventions to prevent type 2 diabetes among women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus—A living systematic review and meta-analysis', Journal of Diabetes, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.13590
    Journal articles | 2024
    Liu R; Fan Y; Patel A; Liu H; Du X; Liu B; Di Tanna GL, 2024, 'The association between influenza vaccination, cardiovascular mortality and hospitalization: A living systematic review and prospective meta-analysis', Vaccine, 42, pp. 1034 - 1041, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.01.040
    Journal articles | 2024
    Teng MJ; Zadro JR; Pickles K; Copp T; Shaw MJ; Khoudair I; Horsley M; Warnock B; Hutchings OR; Petchell JF; Ackerman IN; Drayton A; Liu R; Maher CG; Traeger AC, 2024, 'RECITAL: a non-inferiority randomised control trial evaluating a virtual fracture clinic compared with in-person care for people with simple fractures (study protocol)', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080800
    Journal articles | 2024
    Zhang Y; Liu R; Zhao Y; Wang Z; Wang C; Li Q; Han D; Anderson CS; Du X; Dong J, 2024, 'Correction to: Influenza vaccination in patients with acute heart failure (PANDA II): study protocol for a hospital-based, parallel-group, cluster randomized controlled trial in China (Trials, (2024), 25, 1, (792), 10.1186/s13063-024-08452-8)', Trials, 25, pp. 814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08686-6
    Journal articles | 2024
    Zhang Y; Liu R; Zhao Y; Wang Z; Wang C; Li Q; Han D; Anderson CS; Du X; Dong J, 2024, 'Influenza vaccination in patients with acute heart failure (PANDA II): study protocol for a hospital-based, parallel-group, cluster randomized controlled trial in China', Trials, 25, pp. 792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08452-8
    Journal articles | 2023
    Liu R; Du X; Patel A; Di Tanna GL; Zhao Y; Wang Z; Fan Y; Zhang H; Yi Y; Dong J; Anderson C; Liu H, 2023, 'Cluster randomized trial of influenza vaccination in patients with acute heart failure in China: A mixed-methods feasibility study', Plos Global Public Health, 3, pp. e0001947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001947
    Journal articles | 2023
    Yan Y; Jiang Y; Liu R; Eddleston M; Tao C; Page A; Wang L; Feng G; Liu S, 2023, 'Impact of pesticide regulations on mortality from suicide by pesticide in China: an interrupted time series analysis', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1189923
    Journal articles | 2022
    Li J; Jiang C; Liu R; Lai Y; Li L; Zhao X; Wang X; Li L; Du X; Ma C; Dong J, 2022, 'Prognostic value of post-discharge depression in patients recently hospitalized with acute heart failure', Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.858751
    Journal articles | 2022
    Liu R; Patel A; Du X; Liu H; Liu B; Wang C; Di Tanna GL, 2022, 'Association between influenza vaccination, all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality: a protocol for a living systematic review and prospective meta-analysis', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054171
    Journal articles | 2021
    Jiang C; Chen TG; Du X; Li X; He L; Lai YW; Xia SJ; Liu R; Hu YY; Li YX; Jiang CX; Liu N; Tang RB; Bai R; Sang CH; Long DY; Xie GT; Dong JZ; Ma CS, 2021, 'A simple and easily implemented risk model to predict 1-year ischemic stroke and systemic embolism in Chinese patients with atrial fibrillation', Chinese Medical Journal, 134, pp. 2293 - 2298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CM9.0000000000001515
    Journal articles | 2021
    Liu R; Sun YQ; Hou XX; Zheng Y; Huffman MD; Anderson CS; He L; Xia SJ; Jiang C; Du X; Dong JZ; Ma CS; Wang NN, 2021, 'Temporal trends in diagnosis, treatment, and outcome for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome in three regions of China, 2008-2015', Chinese Medical Journal, 134, pp. 1997 - 1999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CM9.0000000000001664
    Journal articles | 2020
    Liu R; Liu X; Yang P; Du X; He L; Chen T; Li X; Xie G; Wu S; Su J; Xia S; Jiang C; Huffman MD; MacIntyre CR; Wei Z; Wang Q; Dong J; Anderson C, 2020, 'Influenza-associated cardiovascular mortality in older adults in Beijing, China: A population-based time-series study', BMJ Open, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042487
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zuo L; Du X; Zhao W; Jiang C; Xia S; He L; Liu R; Tang R; Bai R; Dong J; Sun X; Hu G; Xie G; Ma C, 2020, 'Improving Anticoagulant Treatment Strategies of Atrial Fibrillation Using Reinforcement Learning', AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings AMIA Symposium, 2020, pp. 1431 - 1440
    Journal articles | 2016
    Means AR; Phillips DE; Lurton G; Njoroge A; Furere SM; Liu R; Hassan WM; Dai X; Augusto O; Cherutich P; Ikilezi G; Soi C; Xu D; Kemp CG, 2016, 'The role of implementation science training in global health: from the perspective of graduates of the field’s first dedicated doctoral program', Global Health Action, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.31899
    Journal articles | 2013
    Liu R; Wu S; Hao Y; Gu J; Fang J; Cai N; Zhang J, 2013, 'The Chinese version of the world health organization quality of life instrument-older adults module (WHOQOL-OLD): Psychometric evaluation', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-11-156
  • Working Papers | 2021
    Liu R; Patel A; Du X; Liu H; Liu B; Wang C; Di Tanna GL, 2021, The association between influenza vaccination, all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality: a protocol for a living systematic review and prospective meta-analysis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, http://dx.doi.org10.1101/2021.08.31.21262935
  • Conference Abstracts | 2026
    Liu R; Suster C; Lam C; Fong W; Watt A; Kok J; Sintchenko V, 2026, 'Modelling the Impact of Macrolide-Resistance Testing on Pertussis Epidemics', in AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, Vol. 50, pp. S20 - S20

Hyun K, Atkins E, Chew D, Carey K, Redfern J, Brieger D, Nelson A, Nicholls S, Sanfilippo F, Kangaharan N, Butcher S, Liu R (2026 - 2031). National trial of acute influenza vaccination to reduce recurrent cardiovascular events in Australia (MRF2053593)

Sunjaya A, Hespe C, Jenkins C, Arnott C, Liu H, Ansari S, Yakubu K, Kabir A, Liu R, Bates S (2026 - 2028). Improving assessment and management of patients with chronic breathlessness in rural and regional Australia (MRF2048988)

Sintchenko V, Rockett R, Marais B, Golubchik T, Koirala A, Kok J, Bernays S, Sim E, Zhang X, Basile K, Suster C, Bateman C, Payne M, Fong W, Chandra S, Tam KG, Liu R, Watt A, Donnan E, Britton P (2025 - 2027). A GIFT (Genomics for Infection Prevention and Therapy) to the Neighbourhood: Metagenomics enabled tracking, treatment and prevention of priority infections in culturally diverse communities (MRF2045245)

My Research Supervision

Co-supervising one MPH student.