Areas of Focus
- Global Health Information Platforms
- Clinical Investigation of Childhood Lead Poisoning
- Food and Drug Safety
- Environment and Cancer
Work Experience
- Previously: Clinical Doctor at Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Tsinghua University Hospital, and Wuhan University People's Hospital
- 2012 - Present: School of Public Health
Academic Background & Achievements
- Bachelor: Hunan Medical University, Medical Department
- PhD: National University of Singapore
- Postdoctoral: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Oncology Department
- Published 5 SCI papers as first author, 2 as corresponding author, and 4 as co-author
Publications
- Absent of the toll-like receptor 4 gene polymorphisms Asp200G1y and Thr399I1e in Singaporean Chinese, Liang XiaoHui, Heng Chew Kiat, Cheung Wai, Wang De Yun, 2005
- Reduced transcriptional activity in individuals with interleukin-18 gene variants detected from functional but not association study, Liang XiaoHui, Cheung Wai, Heng Chew Kiat, Wang De Yun, 2005
- CD14 promoter polymorphisms have no functional significance and are not associated with atopic phenotypes, Liang XiaoHui, Heng Chew Kiat, Cheung Wai, Liu Jian Jun, Li Chun Wei, Lim Bing, Wang De Yun, 2006
- Mutational hotspot in exon 20 of PIK3CA in breast cancer among Singapore Chinese, Liang XH, Lau QC, Salto-Tellez M, Putti TC, Loh M, Sukumar S, 2006
- HOXA5 acts directly downstream of retinoic acid receptor beta and contributes to retinoic acid-induced apoptosis and growth inhibition, Chen H, Zhang H, Lee J, Liang X, Wu X, Zhu T, Lo PK, Zhang X, Sukumar S, 2007
- Differential and opposed transcriptional effects of IL-18 gene polymorphisms (-137, +113 and +127) in human HepG2, Hela, U937 and THP-1 cells, Liang XiaoHui, Cheung Wai, Wang De Yun, 2008
- Hoxb7 inhibits transgenic HER-2/neu-induced mouse mammary tumor onset but promotes progression and lung metastasis, Chen H, Lee JS, Liang X, Zhang H, Zhu T, Zhang Z, Taylor ME, Zahnow C, Feigenbaum L, Rein A, Sukumar S, 2008
- MethySYBR, a novel quantitative PCR assay for the dual analysis of DNA methylation and CpG methylation density, Lo PK, Watanabe H, Cheng PC, Teo WW, Liang X, Argani P, Lee JS, Sukumar S, 2009
- Epigenetic inactivation of the potential tumor suppressor gene FOXF1 in breast cancer, Lo PK, Lee JS, Liang X, Han L, Mori T, Fackler MJ, Sadik H, Argani P, Pandita TK, Sukumar S, 2010
- An investigation of outpatient children's blood lead level in Wuhan China, Li Y, Wu S, Xiang Y, Liang X, 2014
- Association of mTOR polymorphisms with cancer risk and clinical outcomes: a meta-analysis, Shao J, Li Y, Zhao P, Yue X, Jiang J, Liang X, He X, 2014