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Liwei Chen is a tenured Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, with expertise in cardiometabolic disease epidemiology, focusing on obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. His research investigates lifestyle factors such as diet and physical activity, examines the life-course perspective on cardiometabolic diseases among women, and addresses maternal and child health issues, along with health disparities in cardiometabolic diseases. His innovative research includes adopting mobile devices and telehealth for personalized interventions and applying metabolomics to identify biomarkers related to cardiometabolic outcomes. Chen has received prestigious awards, including the American Heart Association Scott Grundy Fellowship Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research. He has successfully secured over $15 million in federal, state, and university research funding and has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on various national and international studies. Chen is also a reviewer for notable funding agencies including NIH and the UK's Medical Research Council.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.