Program Director - Dr. Lin Liu
Dr. Liu joined the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, OSU as Associate Professor
of Physiological Sciences in 2000. He was promoted to Full Professor in 2004, and
appointed as Lundberg-Kienlen Endowed Professor/Chair in Biomedical Research in 2008
and Regents Professor in 2009. Dr. Liu was selected as a Riata Faculty Fellow in the
OSU School of Entrepreneurship in 2010. He is Founding Director of the Oklahoma Center
for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases and the Interdisciplinary Program in Regenerative
Medicine at OSU. Dr. Liu has also directed the Lung Biology and Toxicology Laboratory
since 2000. He has established a nationally visible respiratory and infectious disease
research program. His current research interests are development of drugs targeting
host factors for treating influenza virus infection, adult stem cell therapy of COPD
and pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis.
Dr. Liu has received over $33 million in grants from federal agencies (National Institutes
of Health and U.S. Department of Agriculture), foundations (American Heart Association
and March of Dimes) and other local agencies. Dr. Liu has also served on grant review
panels for the NIH and many other granting entities. He has served as Chair of the
OSU Biomedical Sciences Group of the Graduate Faculty Council. Dr. Liu has been a
member of the Steering Committee for the Physiological Genomics Interest Group of
the American Physiological Society.
Dr. Liu has a long track record in training and mentoring rising scientists. He has
trained 30 postdoctoral fellows, 22 Ph.D. students and 36 undergraduate and veterinary
students. To date, his trainees have received 9 fellowships from NIH and American
Heart Association, in addition to 44 various awards from organizations such as American
Physiological Society and the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
Dr. Liu has received several awards including the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence
twice and the OSU Regents Distinguished Research Award.
Contact Information:
E-mail: lin.liu@okstate.edu
Phone: (405) 744-4526
Office: 210 McElroy Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: (405) 744-4526
Office: 210 McElroy Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078