Department of Pathology

Dalhousie University

Zaiping Liu, MD, FRCPC

Assistant Professor, Division Head, Clinical Biochemistry and Maritime Newborn Screening

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Department of Pathology

Email: zaiping.liu@iwk.nshealth.ca
Phone: 902-470-8429
Research Topics:
  • Newborn Screening
  • Rare disease diagnosis: Inborn Errors of Metabolism
  • Mass Spectrometry and Pathology
  • Clinical laboratory utilization

Education

  • 2015   Medical Biochemistry In-Training/Fellow, Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, McMaster University, Canada
  • 2015   Medical Biochemistry In-Training/Fellow, Newborn Screening Ontario, CHEO, Canada.
  • 2015   Medical Biochemistry In-Training/Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IWK Health Centre, Canada.
  • 2014-15   Fellow, General Pathology/Locum Surgical Pathologist, Department of Pathology, QE2/NSHA, Canada
  • 2011-14   General Pathology Residency Training Program (PGY3 - PGY5), Dalhousie University, Canada.
  • 2009-11   General Pathology Residency Training Program (PGY1 - PGY3), University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • 1990-95   Master of Medicine and Bachelor of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, P.R. China
  • 1987-90   Pre-med Major in Biology and Chemistry, Nankai University, P. R. China

Selected Publications

  1. Ling Chen, Shujie Pang, Yan Shen, Zaiping Liu, Jing Luan, Yiquan Shi and Yixin Liu. Low-grade endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary associated with undifferentiated carcinoma: case report and review of the literature. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2014; 7(7); 2014: 4422-4427.
  2. Zaiping Liu, Amid Abdullah, Leland Baskin, Gareth Levis, Gabi Kelter and Christopher Naugler, An Intervention to Reduce Laboratory Utilization of Referred-Out Tests. Lab Medicine. Vol. 43, Number 5, pp. 164-167, summer 2012.
  3. Liu Z., Li H., Wu X, Yoo BH., Yan SR, Stadnyk AW, Sasazuki T, Shirasawa S, LaCasse EC, Korneluk RG, Rosen KV, Detachment-induced upregulation of XIAP and cIAP2 delays anoikis of intestinal epithelial cells. Oncogene. Jun. 26, 2006.
  4. Liu Z., Li H., Derouet M., Berezkin A., Sasazuki T., Shirasawa S., and Rosen K. Oncogenic Ras inhibits anoikis of intestinal epithelial cells by preventing the release of a mitochondrial pro-apoptotic protein Omi/HtrA2 into the cytoplasm. J Biol Chem. Vol. 281, No. 21, pp. 14738-47, May 26, 2006.
  5. Liu Z, Li H, Derouet M, Filmus J, Lacasse EC, Korneluk RG, Kerbel RS, Rosen K. ras oncogene triggers upregulation of cIAP2 and XIAP in intestinal epithelial cells: EGF-receptor-dependent and –independent mechanisms of ras-induced transformation. J Biol Chem. Vol. 280, No.45, pp.37383-37392, Nov. 11, 2005.