Can Liu

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About me

I am a perinatal social epidemiologist with a multidisciplinary background. I
am motivated to build scientific evidence to inform social and clinical
policies that reduce health inequalities. My expertise lies at the
intersection of social and medical science. I am specialized in data science,
statistical methods, and epidemiological designs. My research focuses on
maternal, children, and adolescent health of populations who experience
disadvantages, e.g. refugees, asylum-seekers, or people with disabilities. I
am also interested in understanding how interpersonal factors affect health,
particularly inter-generational transmission of health, e.g. how fathers or
grandparents affect their offspring.
*Postdoctoral training*
* 2019-2021 Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University
* 2017-2019 Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet
* Ph.D. Medicine (2017), Karolinska Institutet
* M.Sc. Population Health (2012), Stockholm University
* B.Med. Medicine (2008), Fudan University

Research

I am working on the project "A life course perspective on bereavement in
childhood and health problems in adulthood [1]" to examine how early life
adverse experience of losing a parent or sibling influences reproductive
health in adulthood.
I am involved in the research programme "Reproduction of inequality through
linked lives (RELINK) [2]" and the research project "Drivers of inequalities
among families involved with child welfare services [3]" at the Department of
Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University. I am also a member of The
reproductive, perinatal and pediatric epidemiology research group [4] at the
Clinical Epidemiology Division (KEP), Department of Medicine, Solna,
Karolinska Institutet.
[1] https://www.su.se/publichealth/english/research/research-projects/a-life-course-perspective-on-bereavement-in-childhood-and-health-problems-in-adulthood
[2] https://www.su.se/publichealth/english/research/research-programmes/reproduction-of-inequality-through-linked-lives-relink
[3] https://www.su.se/publichealth/english/research/research-news/ylva-b-almquist-receives-sek-4-7-million-from-forte-1.519958
[4] https://ki.se/en/meds/reproductive-perinatal-and-pediatric-epidemiology

Articles

Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;34(1):22-28
Social inequalities in the risk of giving birth to a small for gestational age child in Sweden 2010-16: a cross-sectional study adopting an intersectional approach
Fisk SA; Alex-Petersen J; Rostila M; Liu C; Juarez SP
Journal article: THE LANCET. HEALTHY LONGEVITY. 2024;5(1):e8-e9
Taking a life course approach to healthy ageing and multimorbidity: defining risk factors is not the end, we can do more.
Jackisch J; Liu C
Article: SSM-POPULATION HEALTH. 2023;22:101357
Disentangling the multigenerational transmissions of socioeconomic disadvantages and mental health problems by gender and across lineages: Findings from the Stockholm Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study
Li B; Almquist YB; Liu C; Berg L
Article: ECLINICALMEDICINE. 2023;60:102032
Parental death and initiation of antidepressant treatment in surviving children and youth: a national register-based matched cohort study
Liu C; Grotta A; Hiyoshi A; Berg L; Wall-Wieler E; Martikainen P; Kawachi I; Rostila M
Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2023;6(4):e236951
Suicide Around the Anniversary of a Parent's Death in Sweden
Grotta A; Liu C; Hiyoshi A; Berg L; Kawachi I; Saarela J; Rostila M
Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2023;102(3):378-388
The association between episiotomy or OASIS at vacuum extraction in nulliparous women and subsequent prelabor cesarean delivery: A nationwide observational study
Wendel SB; Liu C; Stephansson O
Article: WOMENS HEALTH ISSUES. 2022;32(3):226-234
Policy Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Interpregnancy Interval
Liu C; Snowden JM; Rossin-Slater M; Torche F; DiTosto JD; Carmichael SL
Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(4):e223842
School Outcomes Among Children Following Death of a Parent
Liu C; Grotta A; Hiyoshi A; Berg L; Rostila M
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY MFM. 2021;3(4):100345
Risk factors for postpartum readmission among women after having a stillbirth
DiTosto JD; Liu C; Wall-Wieler E; Gibbs RS; Girsen AI; El-Sayed YY; Butwick AJ; Carmichael SL
Article: ANESTHESIOLOGY. 2021;134(6):874-886
Association of Gestational Age with Postpartum Hemorrhage: An International Cohort Study
Butwick AJ; Liu C; Guo N; Bentley J; Main EK; Mayo JA; Shaw GM; Stephansson O
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2021;190(6):1034-1046
Interpregnancy Interval and Subsequent Severe Maternal Morbidity: A 16-Year Population-Based Study From California
Liu C; Snowden JM; Lyell DJ; Wall-Wieler E; Abrams B; Kan P; Stephansson O; Lyndon A; Carmichael SL
Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2021;100(3):513-520
Predicting vaginal birth after previous cesarean: Using machine-learning models and a population-based cohort in Sweden
Lindblad Wollmann C; Hart KD; Liu C; Caughey AB; Stephansson O; Snowden JM
Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(8):e0255938
The association between postpartum hemorrhage and postpartum depression: A Swedish national register-based study
Liu C; Butwick A; Sand A; Wikstrom A-K; Snowden JM; Stephansson O
Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(2):e0247138
Preterm disparities between foreign and Swedish born mothers depend on the method used to estimate gestational age. A Swedish population-based register study
Juarez SP; Urquia ML; Mussino E; Liu C; Qiao Y; Hjern A
Article: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE. 2020;65(12):845-853
Antidepressant Use around Conception, Prepregnancy Depression, and Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy
Wall-Wieler E; Robakis TK; Cesta CE; Masarwa R; Lyell DJ; Liu C; Platt RW; Carmichael SL
Article: PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2020;34(6):645-654
Preterm birth, unplanned hospital contact, and mortality in infants born to teenage mothers in five countries: An administrative data cohort study.
Harron K; Verfuerden M; Ibiebele I; Liu C; Kopp A; Guttmann A; Ford J; van der Meulen J; Hjern A; Gilbert R
Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2020;20(1):307
Paternal violent criminality and preterm birth: a Swedish national cohort study
Liu C; Langstrom N; Ekeus C; Frisell T; Cnattingius S; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF MIGRATION AND HEALTH. 2020;1-2:100006
Severe maternal morbidity among migrants with insecure residency status in Sweden 2000-2014: a population-based cohort study
Liu C; Wall-Wieler E; Urquia M; Carmichael SL; Stephansson O
Article: PLOS ONE. 2020;15(3):e0229304
Risk of negative birth experience in trial of labor after cesarean delivery: A population-based cohort study
Wollmann CL; Liu C; Saltvedt S; Elvander C; Ahlberg M; Stephansson O
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;29(6):1048-1055
Perinatal health of refugee and asylum-seeking women in Sweden 2014-17: a register-based cohort study
Liu C; Ahlberg M; Hjern A; Stephansson O
Article: ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH. 2019;22(4):519-526
Severe maternal morbidity and postpartum mental health-related outcomes in Sweden: a population-based matched-cohort study
Wall-Wieler E; Carmichael SL; Urquia ML; Liu C; Hjern A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;16(7):E1095-1095
The Effect of Rotavirus Vaccine on Socioeconomic Differentials of Paediatric Care Due to Gastroenteritis in Swedish Infants
Ask LS; Liu C; Gauffin K; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2018;72(12):1091-1098
Avoidable mortality among parents whose children were placed in care in Sweden: a population-based study
Wall-Wieler E; Vinnerljung B; Liu C; Roos LL; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2018;238:506-512
Intergenerational involvement in out-of-home care and death by suicide in Sweden: A population-based cohort study
Wall-Wieler E; Bolton J; Liu C; Wilcox H; Roos LL; Hjern A
Article: CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT. 2018;83:42-51
Intergenerational transmission of out-of-home care in Sweden: A population-based cohort study
Wall-Wieler E; Almquist Y; Liu C; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: PEDIATRICS. 2018;142(2):e20172729
Out-of-Home Care and Subsequent Preterm Delivery: An Intergenerational Cohort Study
Liu C; Vinnerljung B; Ostberg V; Gauffin K; Juarez S; Cnattingius S; Hjern A
Article: BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. 2016;123(12):1973-1982
Prenatal parental depression and preterm birth: a national cohort study
Liu C; Cnattingius S; Bergstrom M; Ostberg V; Hjern A
Article: PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2015;29(2):123-130
Birth Outcomes of Foreign-Born, Native-Born, and Mixed Couples in Sweden
Urquia ML; Qiao Y; Ray JG; Liu C; Hjern A
Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2010;37(3):711-722
Ethyl pyruvate protects against hypoxic-ischemic brain injury via anti-cell death and anti-inflammatory mechanisms
Shen H; Hu X; Liu C; Wang S; Zhang W; Gao H; Steder RA; Gao Y; Chen J
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Editorial comment: WOMENS HEALTH ISSUES. 2022;32(3):213-218
Ways Forward in Preventing Severe Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Health Inequities: Conceptual Frameworks, Definitions, and Data, from a Population Health Perspective
Carmichael SL; Abrams B; El Ayadi A; Lee HC; Liu C; Lyell DJ; Lyndon A; Main EK; Mujahid M; Tian L; Snowden JM
Thesis / dissertation: 2017
Psychosocial factors and preterm birth : national register-based studies
Liu, Can
Letter: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2014;29(2):141-143
Migration and preterm birth in war refugees: a Swedish cohort study
Liu C; Urquia M; Cnattingius S; Hjern A

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025

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Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, 2017

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