Liu, Rui Hai

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Liu, Rui Hai Cornell Faculty Member

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Rui Hai Liu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Liu received his Ph.D. in Toxicology from Cornell University in 1993. He also holds a M.D. in Medicine and a M.S. in Nutrition and Food Toxicology. Prior to joining the faculty, Liu was a Research Associate in the Department of Clinical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. His effort distribution is 60% research, and 40% teaching.

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Research

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  • Dr. Liu’s research program focuses on diet and cancer, effect of functional foods/nutraceuticals on chronic disease risks, and bioactive compounds in natural products and herbal remedies for anticancer and antiviral activity. Specific interests include: 1) health benefits of phytochemicals in fruits, vegetables and whole grains; 2) food genomics and functional foods for disease prevention and health promotion targeted at cancers, aging, and inflammatory diseases; and 3) natural products and herbal formulations for antiviral activity to hepatitis B and C.

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  • Bioactive compounds
  • Breast cancer
  • Chemoprevention
  • Diet and cancer
  • Flavonoids
  • Food Analysis
  • Food Chemistry
  • Functional Foods
  • Functional foods
  • Lipids
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Phenolics
  • Phytochemicals

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Teaching

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  • Liu teaches an undergraduate course, FD SC 2100 Food Analysis, and two graduate-level courses, FD SC 6210 Food Lipids and FD SC 6220 Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals. He also participates in a team-taught Food Chemistry course (FD SC 4170 Food Chemistry), lecturing on lipid chemistry and food toxicology.

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