Hui Liu

Hui Liu is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Family and Population Health (FPH) Laboratory at Michigan State University. Before joining MSU in 2008, she received her B.A. and M.A. in economics from Nankai University, China, her M.S. in Statistics, and Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research is broadly guided by the aging and life course perspective to study social determinants of population health. Specifically, Dr. Liu has focused on using innovative quantitative methods to develop, test, and promote scientific understanding of the life course processes of marriage, family and, more broadly, social relationships that impact, and are impacted by, health and well-being among LGBTQ+ and heterosexual populations. Her other scholarly interests include sexuality, bio-demography of aging, cognitive health and quantitative methodologies.