Areas of Focus
- Degenerative Spinal Deformity
- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Work Experience
- 2009-2010 - Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Visiting Scholar
- 2018 - Columbia University - Visiting Scholar
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009-2010: Visiting Scholar at Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 2018: Visiting Scholar at Columbia University
- Thomas E. Whitecloud Award for Best Basic Research (first in China)
- Selected for the 13th Five-Year Plan Nanjing Health Youth Talent Training Project
- Selected for Jiangsu Province '333 High-Level Talent Training Project'
Publications
- The prognosis and recovery of major postoperative neurological deficits after corrective surgery for scoliosis: an analysis of 65 cases at a single institution, Jie Li, et al., Zhen Liu(*), 2022
- Selection of the optimal distal fusion level for Scheuermann kyphosis with different curve patterns: when can we stop above the sagittal stable vertebra?, Xu Y, et al. Liu Z(*), 2022
- Polymorphism of rs2767485 in leptin receptor gene is associated with the occurrence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, Liu Z, et al., 2015
- Abnormal leptin bioavailability in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an important new finding, Liu Z, et al., 2012
- Lack of association between the promoter polymorphisms of MMP-3 and IL-6 genes and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case-control study in a Chinese Han population, Liu Z, et al., 2010
Awards
- Thomas E. Whitecloud Award for Best Basic Research (first in China)
- 2014: Second Prize in Natural Science by the Ministry of Education
- 2015: First Prize in Youth Basic Research by the Chinese Medical Association Orthopaedic Branch
- 2018: First Prize in Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Progress
- 2019: Second Prize in Jiangsu Province Medical Science and Technology
