- Gender:
- Male
Education & Training
Education
- 1977-1981
- Harvard College, BS, Biology
- 1981-1985
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, MD
Residency
- 1985-1988
- University of Colorado Denver, Pediatrics
Fellowship
- 1988-1991
- National Jewish Health, Allergy & Immunology
- 1991-1992
- National Jewish Health, Clinical and Laboratory Immunology
Special Interests
Research Interests
Development of allergy and asthma in children, hygiene theory, role of endotoxin and other microbial exposures, natural history and immune pathogenesis in early childhood, gene-environment interactions, early intervention and prevention strategies for optimal outcomes Optimal childhood asthma management, biomarkers of asthma severity, asthma in inner-city children, pathogenesis of severe asthma Rhinosinusitis in children, pathogenesis, and optimal management.
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Allergy and Immunology
Clinical & Laboratory Immunology
Teaching or Professional Positions
Training Program Director
Associate Professor
Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Department of Pediatrics
National Jewish Health
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Industry Relationships & Collaborations
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Affiliations with the University of Colorado Denver
Associate Professor
Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Department of Pediatrics
Professional Memberships
AAP (Fellow)
AAAAI (Fellow)
ACAAI (Fellow)
Colorado Allergy & Asthma Society
AAI
Awards & Recognition
2004: Annual Meeting
2004: Harold S. Nelson Honorary Lectureship, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
2001 - 2002: Annual Fellows' Award (for teaching excellence)
2001: Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (National Jewish Health)
2000 - 2001: Annual Fellows' Award (for teaching excellence)
1999 - 2002: ERT Faculty Development Award, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
1998 - 1999: Young Faculty Support Award, American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
1997 - 1998: Annual Fellows' Award (for teaching excellence)
1995 - 1996: Annual Fellows' Award (for teaching excellence)
1992 - 1995: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (Arthritis Foundation)
1990 - 1992: National Research Service Award (NIH)
Publications
Liu AH, Spahn JD, Leung DYM. “Childhood Asthma,” in Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th ed. Behrman RE, Kliegman RM, Jenson HB eds. Mosby (2004), pp. 760-74.
Liu AH, Murphy JR. Hygiene hypothesis: fact or fiction? J Allergy Clin Immunol (2003), 111:471-8.
Roy SR, Schiltz AM, Marotta A, Shen Y, Liu AH. Bacterial DNA in house and farm barn dust. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2003), 112:571-8.
Liu AH. Endotoxin Exposure in Allergy and Asthma: Reconciling a Paradox. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2002), 109:379-392.
Gereda JE, Leung DYM, Thatayatikom A, Price MR, Streib JE, Klinnert MD, Liu AH. Relation between house-dust endotoxin exposure, type 1 T-cell development, and allergen sensitisation in infants at high risk of asthma. Lancet (2000), 355:1680-1683.
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