Dr. Liu is a Canadian practicing paediatric emergency physician and professor at McGill University’s School of Population & Global Health where she focuses on pandemic and health emergencies. Prior to joining McGill, Dr. Liu began her career with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in 1996 and served as the International President of MSF for over six years (2013-2019). She coordinated emergency medical aid and responded to humanitarian and health emergencies including outbreaks/epidemics in West and Central Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Caribbean & Central America.
Dr. Liu graduated from the McGill University School of Medicine in Montreal in 1991 and did her pediatric specialty training at University of Montreal. She holds a Fellowship in Paediatric Emergency Medicine from New York University School of Medicine as well as an International Master’s in Health Leadership, also from McGill University. Dr. Liu is a former member of the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response. She is a board member of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and the New Humanitarian. She is on two Lancet Commissions: The Global Listening Project and NUS-Lancet Pandemic Readiness, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation (PRIME) Commission.
