Research Assistant – Ph.D. Student
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
2250 Alcazar St.
CSA 133 – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-3170
Fax: (323) 442-2981
liuhongz@usc.edu
South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
B.V.M., 2022
Veterinary Medicine
Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
M.S., 2025
Biomedical Engineering
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2025 – present – Research Assistant – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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2022 – 2025 – Master’s Student – Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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2021 – 2021 – Visiting Student – Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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2019 – 2019 – Lab Technician – Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangzhou, China
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2017 – 2022 – Undergraduate Student Researcher- South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Liu H, Zhou H, Fan Y, Li J, Guo Z, Xu Q, Liu Y, Gao K, Ait Lahcine N, Zhang J, Zhou J, Guo F, Liu C. Macrophages regulate angiogenesis-osteogenesis coupling induced by mechanical loading through the Piezo1 pathway. J Bone Miner Res. 2025 Jun 3;40(6):725-737. doi: 10.1093/jbmr/zjae198. PMID: 39657223.
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Zhou H, Liu H, Lin M, Wang H, Zhou J, Li M, Yang X, Fu G, Liu C. (2024) Hyperbaric oxygen promotes bone regeneration by activating the mechanosensitive Piezo1 pathway in osteogenic progenitors. J Orthop Translat. 2024 Jul 25;48:11-24. doi: 10.1016/j.jot.2024.07.001. PMID: 39170748; PMCID: PMC11338066.
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Liu Y, Wang Y, Lin M, Liu H, Pan Y, Wu J, Guo Z, Li J, Yan B, Zhou H, Fan Y, Hu G, Liang H, Zhang S, Siu MF, Wu Y, Bai J, Liu C. (2024) Cellular Scale Curvature in Bioceramic Scaffolds Enhanced Bone Regeneration by Regulating Skeletal Stem Cells and Vascularization. Adv Healthc Mater. 2024 Nov;13(29):e2401667. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202401667. Epub 2024 Jul 7. PMID: 38923234.
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Chen L, Song J, Liu H, Cai J, Lin Q, Xu C, Ding C, Liao M, Ren T, Xiang B. (2020) Phylodynamic analyses of class I Newcastle disease virus isolated in China. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2021 May;68(3):1294-1304. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13785. Epub 2020 Aug 20. PMID: 32786140.
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2024 – Exemplary Graduate Student Award – SUSTech
2024 – Research Star Award – College of Engineering, SUSTech
2024 – Travel Award – The International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Conference (ICMRC)
2024 – ASBMR 2024 Young Investigator Award – The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2024 Annual Meeting
2024 – Best Presentation Award for Young Investigator – The 11th World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineering
2020 – First Prize – The 4th ‘HEAFTRON’ South China Veterinary Swine Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Competition