Dr. Yuanyuan Liang

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA

Email: liangy@uthscsa.edu

Qualifications

2006 Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada

2003 M.Sc., University of Alberta, Canada

2000 B.Sc., Beijing Normal University, China

Publications (Selected)

1. Liang Y, Ankerst DP, Ketchum NS, Leach RJ, Thompson IM, Pollock BH. Population-based screening for prostate cancer: Improved outcomes in African American men.Annals of Urology. (Accepted)
2. Russell KF, Liang Y, O'Gorman K, Johnson DW, Klassen TP. Glucocorticoids for croup. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001955. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001955.pub3
3. Jones L, Liang Y, Pituskin EN, Battaglini CL, Scott JM, Hornsby WE, Haykowsky M. Effect of Exercise Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Patients with Cancer: A Meta-Analysis. Oncologist. (Accepted)
4. Hendson L, Russell L, Robertson CM, Liang Y, Chen Y, Abdalla A, Lacaze-Masmonteil T. Neonatal and neurodevelopmental outcomes of very low birth weight infants with histological chorioamnionitis. Journal of Pediatrics. (In press)
5. Liang Y, Ankerst DP, Ketchum NS, Ercole B, Shah G, Shaughnessy JD, Leach RJ, Thompson IM. Prospective evaluation of operating characteristics of prostate cancer detection biomarkers. The Journal of Urology 2011; 185(1): 104-110.
6. Liang Y, Ankerst DP, Sanchez M, Leach RJ, Thompson IM. Body mass index adjusted prostate-specific antigen and its application for prostate cancer screening.Urology 2010; 76(5): 1268 e1261-1266.
7. Clark AM, Haykowsky M, Kryworuchko J, MacClure T, Scott J, DesMeules M, Luo W, Liang Y, McAlister FA. A meta-analysis of randomized control trials of home-based secondary prevention programs for coronary artery disease. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2010; 17(3): 261-270.
8. Galvao CM, Liang Y, Clark A. Effectiveness of cutaneous warming systems on temperature control: meta-analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2010; 66:1196-1206.
9. Liang Y, Carrière KC. On the role of baseline measurements for crossover designs under the self and mixed carryover effects model. Biometrics 2010; 66:140-148.
10. Hartling L, Shaik MS, Tjosvold L, Leicht R, Liang Y, Kumar M. Music for medical indications in the neonatal period: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Archives of Disease in Childhood - fetal & neonatal edition, 2009; 94:F349-F354.
11. Hartling L, Ospina M, Liang Y, Dryden D, Hooton N, Seida J, Klassen TP. Risk of bias vs.quality assessment in systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials. British Medical Journal 2009; 339-b4012.
12. Scott JM, Esch BTA, Haykowsky M, Warburton DER, Toma M, Jelani A, Taylor D, PatersonI, Poppe D, Liang Y, Thompson R. Cardiovascular responses to incremental and sustainedsub-maximal exercise in heart transplant recipients.American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2009; 296(2):350-358.
13. Dowling S, Spooner CH, Liang Y, Dryden DM, Friesen C, Klassen TP, Wright RB. Accuracy of Ottawa ankle rules to exclude fractures of the ankle and midfoot in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Academic Emergency Medicine 2009; 16(4):277-287.
14. Lai AL, Girgis S, Liang Y, Carr S, Huynh HQ. Diagnostic Criteria for Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A 5-year Retrospective Review in a Pediatric Population. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2009; 49(1):63-70.
15. Liang Y, Carrière KC. Multiple-objective response-adaptive repeated measurement designs for clinical trials. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 2009; 139:1134-1145.
16. Liang Y, Carrière KC. The stratified and randomized play-the-winner rule.Statistical Methods in Medical Research 2008; 17(6):581-593.
17. Russell K, Dryden DM, Liang Y, Friesen C, O'Gorman K, Durec T, Wild TC, Klassen TP.Risk factors for methamphetamine use in youth: A systematic review.BMC Pediatrics 2008;8:48.
18. Hooton N, Sumamo S, Liang Y. Tips and tricks for understanding and using SR results: Intention to treatment analysis. Evidence-based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal 2008; 3:591-592.
19. Tomczak CR, Warburton DER, Reiss KJ, Jendzjowsky NJ, Esch BT, Liang Y, Haennel RG,Haykowsky MJ. Pulmonary oxygen uptake and heart rate kinetics during the six-minute walktest in transplant recipients. Transplantation 2008; 85(1):29-35.
20. Klassen JA, Liang Y, Tjosvold L, Klassen TP, Hartling L. Music therapy for pain and anxiety in children and youth undergoing medical procedures: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2008; 8:117-128.
21. Couch R, Jetha M, Dryden D, Hooton N, Liang Y, Durec T, Sumamo S, Milne A, Spooner C, O’Gorman K, Klassen TP. Diabetes Education for Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Their Families. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 166 (Prepared by the University of Alberta/Capital Health Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0023.) AHRQ Publication No. 08-E011. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2008.
22. Ospina, MB, Horton J, Seida J, Vandermeer B, Liang Y. Positron Emission Tomography for Nine Cancers (Bladder, Brain, Cervical, Kidney, Ovarian, Pancreatic, Prostate, Small Cell Lung, Testicular). Technology Assessment Report Project ID: PETC1207 (Prepared by the University of Alberta Evidence-based Practice Center). December 2008.
23. Tomczak CR, Warburton DE, Riess KJ, Jendzjowsky NG, Liang Y, Bhambhani Y, Haennel RG, Haykowsky MJ. A prediction model for estimating pulmonary oxygen uptake during the 6-minute walk test in organ transplant recipients. Transplantation Proceedings 2007; 39(10): 3313-3316.
24. Vandermeer B, Buscemi N, Liang Y, Witmans M. Comparison of meta-analytic results of indirect, direct and combined comparisons of drugs for chronic insomnia in adults: a case study. Medical Care 2007; 45(10) Suppl 2:166-172.
25. Haykowsky M, Liang Y, Pechter D, Jones L, McAlister F, Clark A. Exercise in chronic heart failure: Does it need to be "Anti-Remodeling" – Reply. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2007; 50(24): 2356-2356.
26. Haykowsky M, Liang Y, Pechter D, Jones L, McAlister F, Clark A. A meta-analysis of the effect of exercise training on left ventricular remodeling in heart failure patients: the benefit depends on the type of training performed. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2007; 49(24): 2329-2336.
27. Ospina MO, Bond TK, Karkhaneh M, Tjosvold L, Vandermeer B, Liang Y, Bialy L, Hutton N, Buscemi N, Dryden D, Klassen TP. Meditation practices for health: state of the research. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 155. (Prepared by the University of Alberta Evidence based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0023.) AHRQ Publication No.07-E010. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). June 2007
28. Russell K, Dryden DM, Liang Y, Friesen C, O’Gorman K, Greidanus C, Durec T, Wild C, Klassen TP. State of evidence review on best practices in the prevention, treatment and healing of methamphetamine use in youth. Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research, 2006.
29. Carrière KC, Park T, Liang Y. Analysis of repeated measures data with missing values: an overview of methods. Encyclopedia of Biopharmaceutical Statistics 2005; 1:1, 1-7.
30. Brewerton LJ, Chari RS, Liang Y, Bhargava R. Fetal lung-to-Liver signal intensities: development of a normal scale and possible role in predicting pulmonary hypoplasia in utero. Radiology 2005; 235(3): 1005-1010.
31. Huang R, Liang Y, Carrière KC. Role of proxy information in missing data analysis. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 2005; 14: 457-471.
32. Carrière KC, Huang R, Liang Y, Sheng X. Missing values in repeated measurement designs. Encyclopedia of Biopharmaceutical Statistics 2004; 1:1, 1-6. B. Non-Refereed Journals, Reports, and Abstracts