Personal profile (experiences such as Education, Employment, courses you are teaching):

2020-present Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Peking University. I am lecturing at an undergraduate course on mental health promotion, as well as advanced and research level courses mainly in psychiatry and psychology. I am the main supervisor of 1 PhD student and 4 master students.

2017-2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Peking University

2013-2015 Joint Ph.D, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), and Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet

2011-2015 Ph.D, School of Nursing, Shandong University

2008-2011 MSc., School of Nursing, Shandong University

2003-2008 Bachelor of Medicine, School of Nursing, Shandong University

Research Areas:

My research interests include but not limited to: 1) Identifying risk factors and biomarkers for psychiatric disorders, with a particular focus on depression and insomnia; 2) investigating the mental health status of patients with chronic conditions, and the link between mental health conditions and the prognosis of their primary illnesses; 3) the parenting experiences and needs of primary caregivers of children with autism, and trying to develop support interventions to improve outcomes for family caregivers of children with autism.

Selected projects (including title and fund support):

01/2022-12/2025, General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, “The brain-derived exosome as biomarker of antidepressant treatment response”

01/2019-12/2020, Youth Scientists Fund of National Natural Science Foundation, “The telomere-mitochondrial axis in bipolar disorder”

05/2018-04/2020, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant

10/2017-05/2018, Peking University-Tsinghua University Life Science Joint Center Postdoctoral Outstanding Fund, project leader

Selected publication (no more than 10 papers):

 Zhang A, Liu L, Chang S, Shi L, Li P, Shi J, Lu L*, Bao Y*, Liu JJ*.(shared corresponding author) Connectivity-Based Brain Network Supports Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorder Across Development. Front Psychiatry. 2022, 13:874090.

 Zhang A #, Shi L #, Yan W #,…Liu Z *, Liu JJ *, Lu L*. (shared corresponding author) Mental Health in Children in the Context of COVID-19: Focus on Discharged Children. Front Psychiatry 2021;12: 759449.

 Liu JJ, Bao Y, Huang X, Shi J, Lu L. Mental health considerations for children quarantined because of COVID-19. The Lancet Child & adolescent health. 2020;4(5):347-349.

 Liu JJ#, Wei YB#, … Kelsoe J, Lu L. (shared first author) Peripheral cytokine levels and response to antidepressant treatment in depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry. 2020,25(2)339-350.

 Liu JJ#, Wang F#, Liu H#, et al. (shared first author) Ambient fine particulate matter is associated with increased emergency ambulance dispatches for psychiatric emergencies. Environmental Research. 2019, 177, 108611.

 Fan T, … Lu L*, Sun H*, Liu JJ* (shared corresponding author). Objective sleep duration is associated with cognitive deficits in primary insomnia: BDNF may play a role. Sleep. 2019, 42(1): 1-8.

 Liu JJ, Wei YB, Forsell Y, Lavebratt C. Stress, depressive status and telomere length: does social interaction and coping strategy play a mediate role. Journal of Affective Disorder. 2017, 222: 138-145.

 Liu JJ, Cao F, Li Y, Zhang X, Zhao Y, Lou F, Lavebratt C. 5-HTTLPR, victimization and ecological executive function of adolescents. Psychiatry Research. 2016, 237: 55-59.

 Liu JJ, Lou F, Lavebratt C, Forsell Y. Impact of childhood adversity and Vasopressin receptor 1a variation on social interaction in adulthood: a cross-sectional study. PloS one. 2015, 10(8): e0136436.

 Liu JJ, Hukic D, Forsell Y, Schalling M, Ösby U, Lavebratt C. Depression-associated ARNTL and PER2 genetic variants in psychotic disorders. Chronobiology International. 2015, 32(4): 579-584.

Membership (academic):

Co-leader of the Autism rehabilitation research group, Tengyun Nursing Research Center, School of nursing, Peking University.