Overview
Background
Mark Liu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow focusing on the potential for clinical trials to affect change on a larger, longer-term scale. He was the interning early-career researcher for a multidisciplinary patient safety trial conducted at eight hospitals across Sydney, Melbourne and regional New South Wales. His doctoral research program involved physical activity for cancer patients, with an emphasis on creating long-term behaviour change for underserved groups.
Methodological expertise:
- Implementing trials in real-world contexts
- Behaviour change theory
- Consumer involvement
- Leveraging routinely collected healthcare data for research
- Other areas of interest: supportive care for people with cancer, inequities in healthcare
Availability
- Dr Mark Liu is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Exercise Physiology, University of Sydney
- Doctor of Philosophy of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney
Research interests
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Implementation Science
The use of implementation science to enhance the success of randomised controlled trials. Special interests in human and organisational behaviour change, and health inequities due to cultural, language, geographical and socioeconomic barriers.
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Physical activity and cancer
The science behind health behaviours for individuals living with cancer, in particular, metastatic disease.
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Motivations and perceptions for physical activity in women living with metastatic breast cancer: a qualitative interview study
Liu, Mark, Kilbreath, Sharon, Yee, Jasmine, Beith, Jane, McNab, Justin and Dylke, Elizabeth (2025). Motivations and perceptions for physical activity in women living with metastatic breast cancer: a qualitative interview study. BMC Cancer, 25 (1) 80, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-11335-x
2025
Journal Article
Personal and behavioural factors that influence physical activity in women living with metastatic breast cancer: a qualitative interview study
Liu, Mark, Kilbreath, Sharon, Yee, Jasmine, Beith, Jane, McNab, Justin and Dylke, Elizabeth (2025). Personal and behavioural factors that influence physical activity in women living with metastatic breast cancer: a qualitative interview study. BMC Cancer, 25 (1) 48, 1. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-11475-0
2024
Journal Article
Beyond validation: getting wearable activity trackers into cardiovascular care—a discussion paper
Straiton, Nicola, Moons, Philip, Verstrael, Axel, Liu, Mark and Winter, Michiel M (2024). Beyond validation: getting wearable activity trackers into cardiovascular care—a discussion paper. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23 (6), 685-689. doi: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvae019
2023
Journal Article
Correction: the ACCELERATE Plus (assessment and communication excellence for safe patient outcomes) Trial Protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial, cost-benefit analysis, and process evaluation (BMC Nursing, (2023), 22, 1, (275), 10.1186/s12912-023-01439-x)
Liu, Mark, Whittam, Susan, Thornton, Anna, Goncharov, Liza, Slade, Diana, McElduff, Benjamin, Kelly, Patrick, Law, Chi Kin, Walsh, Sarah, Pollnow, Vivien, Cuffe, Jayde, McMahon, Jake, Aggar, Christina, Bilo, Jacqueline, Bowen, Karen, Chow, Josephine S. F., Duffy, Katharine, Everett, Bronwyn, Ferguson, Caleb, Frost, Steven A., Gleeson, Narelle, Hackett, Kate, Komusanac, Ivanka, Marshall, Sonia, May, Sharon, McErlean, Gemma, Melbourne, Gregory, Murphy, Jade, Newbury, Joanne ... Middleton, Sandy (2023). Correction: the ACCELERATE Plus (assessment and communication excellence for safe patient outcomes) Trial Protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial, cost-benefit analysis, and process evaluation (BMC Nursing, (2023), 22, 1, (275), 10.1186/s12912-023-01439-x). BMC Nursing, 22 (1) 445. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01589-y
2023
Journal Article
Barriers and facilitators to implementing pressure injury prevention and management guidelines in acute care: a mixed-methods systematic review
Wan, Ching Shan, Cheng, Heilok, Musgrave-Takeda, Mika, Liu, Mark Guosheng, Tobiano, Georgia, McMahon, Jake and McInnes, Elizabeth (2023). Barriers and facilitators to implementing pressure injury prevention and management guidelines in acute care: a mixed-methods systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 145 104557, 104557. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104557
2023
Journal Article
The ACCELERATE Plus (assessment and communication excellence for safe patient outcomes) Trial Protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial, cost-benefit analysis, and process evaluation
Liu, Mark, Whittam, Susan, Thornton, Anna, Goncharov, Liza, Slade, Diana, McElduff, Benjamin, Kelly, Patrick, Law, Chi Kin, Walsh, Sarah, Pollnow, Vivien, Cuffe, Jayde, McMahon, Jake, Aggar, Christina, Bilo, Jacqueline, Bowen, Karen, Chow, Josephine S. F., Duffy, Katharine, Everett, Bronwyn, Ferguson, Caleb, Frost, Steven A., Gleeson, Narelle, Hackett, Kate, Komusanac, Ivanka, Marshall, Sonia, May, Sharon, McErlean, Gemma, Melbourne, Gregory, Murphy, Jade, Newbury, Joanne ... Middleton, Sandy (2023). The ACCELERATE Plus (assessment and communication excellence for safe patient outcomes) Trial Protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial, cost-benefit analysis, and process evaluation. BMC Nursing, 22 (1) 275, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01439-x
2022
Journal Article
Physical activity interventions using behaviour change theories for women with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Liu, Mark Guosheng, Davis, Glen M., Kilbreath, Sharon L. and Yee, Jasmine (2022). Physical activity interventions using behaviour change theories for women with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 16 (5), 1127-1148. doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01104-9
2020
Journal Article
Identification of factors important to study quality in exercise performance studies
Liu, Mark Guosheng, Raymond, Jacqueline, Jay, Ollie and O'Connor, Helen (2020). Identification of factors important to study quality in exercise performance studies. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 23 (8), 782-787. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2020.01.014
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Mark Liu is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding current and optimal models of nutrition care for women diagnosed with early stage and metastatic breast cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Adrienne Young
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