Peter Yiwen LIU

 

Current Appointments

 

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postdoctoral Neil Hamilton Fairley Fellow

ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (until Dec 2004)

Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA

 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (from Dec 2004)

Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles CA, USA

 

Current Address:

 

Dr Peter Y. Liu FRACP PhD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Visiting Scientist,
1000 W. Carson St. Box 446.
Torrance, CA 90502

USA

Phone: (310) 222-1867
Fax: (310) 533-0627

pliu@mail.usyd.edu.au

 

Work Address:            Endocrine Research Unit

                                    Jo 5-194,

                                    Mayo Clinic,

                                    200 First Street SW,

                                    Rochester MN, 55905 USA.                            

Telephone:                  +1-507-255-0070

Fax:                             +1-507-255-0072

Email:                           liu.peter@mayo.edu

 

Nationality:                   Australian       

Academic Record

 

Secondary

1986                Dux, St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill, Sydney

1986                                New South Wales High School Certificate Examination (HSC)

                                    Tertiary Entrance Score  489 (Highest score in state)

 

Undergraduate

1987-1992             Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney

                        Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

                                    Honours Class I (Conferred, 31 April, 1993)

 

Postgraduate

1999 – 2003            Doctor of Philosophy (Conferred, 28 November, 2003)

                        ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

                        (Supervisor: Prof D J Handelsman)

                        Topic: “The Clinical Use of Reproductive Hormones in Young and Older

                        Men”

2003 - 2004            Postdoctoral Research Fellow

                        Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA

                        (Supervisor: Prof J D Veldhuis)

                        Topic: “Mechanistic bases for Age-Related Androgen deficiency”

 

2004-2005            Postdoctoral Research Fellow

                        Harbor (UCLA) Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

                        (Supervisor: Prof RS Swerdloff)

Topic: “Sertoli cell dysfunction and impaired spermatogenesis in experimental XXY (Klinefelter Syndrome) mice”

 

Appointments

 

1993                Intern

Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW Australia

 

1994 - 96             Resident Medical Officer and Registrar

                        Concord Hospital, Concord NSW Australia

 

1997 - 99 Endocrinology Senior Registrar

            Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Camperdown NSW Australia

 

1999 ‑ 2003 NHMRC Medical Postgraduate Research Scholar

            PhD Student

            ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney

 

1999 - 2003 Research Fellow, Andrology

            Department of Andrology, Concord Hospital.

 

1999 - 2002            Clinical Tutor

                        Department of Medicine, University of Sydney

Decentralised Postgraduate Course

Year 1 - Clinical Skills (Concord Hospital)

Year 2 - Endocrinology Problem Based Learning Block (RPAH)

 

2000 - 2002 Consultant

            Late Effects Oncology Clinic, New Childrens Hospital, Westmead

Consultant on male reproductive health disorders for adult survivors of childhood malignancies

 

2003 - 2007 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postdoctoral Neil Hamilton Fairley Fellow

                        ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

                                    (Sponsor: Prof D J Handelsman)

 

2003 - 2004            Postdoctoral Research Fellow

                        Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA

                                    (Sponsor: Prof J D Veldhuis)

 

2005-               Postdoctoral Research Fellow

                        Harbor (UCLA) Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

                                    (Sponsor: Prof RS Swerdloff)

 

 

Academic Honours, Prizes and Scholarships

 

Secondary

1983    First Prize, Gestetner Arts and Education Computer Programming competition

1983–84 Member, South Coast Summer School in Computing, University of Wollongong

 

1985    Member, International Physics Foundation Science School, University of Sydney

1985    IBM Mathematical Olympiad School, University of Sydney

1985–86 National Mathematics Summer School, Australian National University

1985–86            Australian Mathematical Olympiad Team

 

1985–86            St Joseph’s College, Liguori Scholarship (Mathematics)

 

Undergraduate

1987                Scarf Foundation, Reuben F. Scarf Award

1987–92            University of Sydney, E. Trenchard Miller Memorial Scholarship

1987–89            University of Sydney, James Aitken Scholarship

 

Postgraduate

1999–03 National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia), Medical Postgraduate Scholarship

2001                Endocrine Society of Australia, Travel Award

2002                Endocrine Society of Australia, Travel Award

2003    Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation Research Fellowship

2003-4 National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia), Neil Hamilton Fairley Fellowship

2004                Endocrine Society of Australia, Servier Young Investigator

2004    Lalor Foundation (USA), Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

2004    American-Australian Association (USA), Sir Keith Murdoch Fellowship

 

Professional activities

 

Society and Professional Membership

1994                Registered Medical Practitioner, New South Wales, Australia

1997                Member, Endocrine Society of Australia

1999                                Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)

                        Subspecialty, Endocrinology

1999                Member, US Endocrine Society

2001                Member, Fertility Society of Australia

 

Administrative activities

Committees

1987–92 Student representative, Westmead Hospital staff and student liaison committee

1989    Group leader, University of Sydney Professional Academic Support Scheme, Sydney, Australia.

1993                                Student representative, Westmead Hospital University Department of Medicine, Sydney, Australia.

 

1999                                Ad Hoc Member (representing the Endocrine Society of Australia), Australian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Monitoring Committee, Australia.

 

2001    Voting member (representing the Fertility Society of Australia), executive council election the International Society of Andrology

 

2001    Temporary Advisor, Committee on Hormonal Male Contraception, World Health Organisation, Research Area for Male Reproductive Health Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR), Geneva, Switzerland.

 

2001    Co-Chair, Sex Steroids Symposium, Endocrine Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, Australia.

 

2002    Temporary Advisor, Committee on Hormonal Male Contraception, World Health Organisation, Research Area for Male Reproductive Health Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR), Geneva, Switzerland.

 

2002    Recommendations for Regulatory Approval for Hormonal Male Contraception Consensus Committee, Petersburg, Germany.

 

2002    Co-Chair, Male Reproduction Symposium, Endocrine Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, Australia.

 

2004    Treasurer and Executive Committee Member, Mayo Research Fellows Forum, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

 

Professional Skills and Contributions

 

Teaching

 

Undergraduates

1997–98 Undergraduate Medical Programme, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

                        Year 6 and Year 4 Medical Tutor.

 

Graduates

1998                Diabetes Educators Course

Diabetes Centre, University of Sydney and RPA Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

                        Microalbuminuria in Diabetes Mellitus lecture.

 

1999-2002            Graduate Medical Programme, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

                        Year 1/2 Clinical Skills Tutor and Evidence Based Medicine Tutor.

 

1999-2002 Graduate Medical Programme, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

            Year 3 Endocrinology Problem Based Learning Tutor.

 

1999-2002             Masters of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Clinical aspects of Diabetes Mellitus management lecture.

 

2001-2002            Graduate Medical Programme, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Year 2 Male sexual dysfunction lecture.

 

Professional

1999-2001 FRACP (Adult Internal Medicine) Training Course - Reproductive Endocrinology, Pituitary & Adrenal.

 

1999-2001 FRANZA (Anaesthetics) Training Course - Pituitary and adrenal physiology

 

All aspects of training of candidates for FRACP - lectures, tutorials, discussions and examination of long and short cases.

 

Presentations and invited seminars

 

International

 

2003    “Recombinant hCG, but not DHT Stimulates Osteoblastic Collagen Synthesis in Older Men with Partial Age Related Androgen Deficiency”, 25th American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Minneapolis, September 2003.

 

2002    “The acute effects of high dose testosterone on sleep in ageing men”, Clinical Trials Symposium, American Endocrine Society Meeting, 84th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, June 2002.

 

2002    “Efficacy, safety and service feasibility of an androgen/progestin depot regimen for hormonal contraception”, 6th International Summit Meeting on Hormonal Male Contraception, Bonn, Germany, July 2002.

 

2002                                “Androgens and body composition in male ageing”, Male Ageing Symposium, First Asia-Pacific Forum on Andrology, Shanghai, China, October 2002.

 

2001    “Randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial of recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg) on muscle mass, strength and physical activity in older men”, Clinical Trials Symposium, American Endocrine Society Meeting, 83rd Annual Meeting, Denver, June 2001.

 

2001    “Predicting pregnancy and spermatogenesis by survival analysis during gonadotropin treatment of gonadotropin deficient infertile men”, President’s Abstract Session, 7th International Congress of Andrology Meeting, Montreal, Canada, June 2001.

 

2001    “Efficacy, safety and service feasibility of an androgen/progestin depot regimen for hormonal contraception”, 5th International Summit Meeting on Hormonal Male Contraception, Geneva, Switzerland, July 2001.

 

National

2004    “The short-term effects of high dose testosterone on sleep in ageing men”, Young Investigator Award Lecture, Endocrine Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, USA, August 2004.

 

2003    “Benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer and cardiovascular disease”, Men’s Health Preceptorship, Harbor-UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, April 2003.

 

Regional

 

2001    “Late endocrine and fertility effects after cancer treatment”, Pediatric Radiation Oncology Course, ANZCCSG Radiation Oncology Group, Sydney.

 

Local

 

2004    “An Australian’s view of the rationale, efficacy and safety of androgen therapy in older men”, Endocrinology Grand Rounds, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA, January 2004.

 

2004    “The rationale, efficacy and safety of androgen therapy in older men”, Biochemistry Grand Rounds, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA, June 2004.

 

2003    “Androgens, body composition and sleep in male ageing”, Department of Endocrinology, Harbor-UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, January 2003.

 

2002    “The diversity of reproductive hormonal action: Gonadal steroidogenesis.”

                        Department of Endocrinology, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

 

2002    “Androgens, body composition and sleep in male ageing.”

                        Department of Endocrinology, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

 

2002    “Androgens, body composition and sleep in male ageing.”

Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

 

2001        “Androgen therapy in male ageing”

Seminar, North Shore Assisted Reproductive Services, Sydney, Australia.

 

2001                “Androgen therapy in male ageing”

Seminar, Centre for Research into Ageing, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

 

2001    “A randomised placebo controlled clinical trial of recombinant hcg on insulin sensitivity, mood and quality of life in older men.”

                        Seminar, Concord Hospital Physician's workshop, Sydney, Australia.

 

2001                “Androgens and male ageing”

                        ANZAC Seminar, ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.

 

2001                “Androgens and male ageing”

Seminar, Cumberland College of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

 

2001    “A randomised placebo controlled clinical trial of recombinant hcg on insulin sensitivity, mood and quality of life in older men.”

Postgraduate Seminar, “Research In Progress”, Central Clinical School/Blackburn/Bosch/QEII Institute Precinct, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

 

2000                "Androgen therapy in male ageing"

                        Seminar, Concord Hospital Physician's workshop, Sydney, Australia.

 

2000                                Discussion panel: “Late endocrine and fertility effects for survivors of childhood cancer”, HOPE day, New Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

 

1999                "Androgen therapy in male ageing"

                        Department of Endocrinology, Westmead Hospital