Sam Liu
Position
Associate Professor
Contact
Office:
MCK 192
Credentials
BPHE, MSc, PhD (University of Toronto) , Post-Doctoral Fellow (University of California LA)
Area of expertise
Chronic disease prevention and management; eHealth/mHealth; big data and health surveillance; physical activity; health promotion
Description
Dr Sam Liu's research focuses on two main areas: 1) developing and evaluating the effectiveness of digital communication technology (e.g. Internet, mobile phones, social media) to help individuals prevent chronic diseases, 2) finding innovative ways to monitor and predict behaviours and health outcomes using big data in order to better target and personalize digital health interventions.
See Dr. Sam Liu's Google Scholar profile for publications.
Research interests
- Chronic disease prevention and management
- eHealth/mHealth
- Big Data and health surveillance
- Physical activity
- Health Promotion