Ping Liu
Canada
KI-ISN Early Career Researcher: Clinical Science
The KI-ISN Early-career Researcher Awards recognize outstanding research in basic and clinical science published inKidney International (KI) in the year leading up to WCN.
Dr. Ping Liu is an epidemiologist in the department of medicine and an adjunct assistant professor in the department of community health sciences at the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. With a clinical background in nursing and a Ph.D. in epidemiology, she brings a unique perspective to patient-oriented and health system-embedded kidney research. She is the recipient of a KRESCENT New Investigator Award co-sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Kidney Foundation of Canada, and the Canadian Society of Nephrology, and a CIHR-funded postdoctoral fellowship award.
Dr. Liu’s research program focuses on three interconnected areas: (1) data science and health services research to improve the definition, surveillance, and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure using administrative and clinical data; (2) development, evaluation, and health system integration of AI-enabled clinical decision support tools to advance shared decision-making and person-centred care; and (3) implementation science to support the uptake of evidence into routine clinical practice.
Dr. Liu holds grant funding to develop and test mortality risk prediction models for people with kidney failure and to examine sex differences in CKD burden, management, and outcomes. She has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications, including 25 as first or senior author, in journals such as BMJ, JAMA Internal Medicine, and Kidney International. Her work is conducted in close partnership with patients, clinicians, health system leaders, and implementation scientists to ensure real-world relevance and impact.
Paper: Integrating estimated glomerular filtration rate and kidney replacement therapy criteria within the definition of kidney failure, published in October 2025.
The KI-ISN Early Career Researcher Award winners will be recognized at WCN’26 in The ISN-KI Editorial Fellows Session: The Best of 2025 KI Articles, taking place on Monday, March 30, from 9:25-10:55 a.m. Japan Time in room 315.