Monica Liu, MD, PhD, MS

Education

• Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania – MD
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – Residency in Internal Medicine
• Harvard-Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care
• University of Pennsylvania – PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
• Yale University – MS in Biology

Professional Activities

Dr. Liu is a faculty member in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. She is a member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the American Society of Transplantation. Past research honors include the ATS Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology Jo Rae Wright Award, Saul Winegrad Award, and Roy G. Williams Award.

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Liu’s clinical interests include general pulmonary and critical care medicine.

Research Interests

View Dr. Monica Liu’s publications on NCBI My Bibliography

Dr. Liu is interested in investigating the mechanisms of lung injury and repair using patient-derived organoid models. She has developed methods to grow lung organoids from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, which expands the scope of lung pathologies that can be studied using a patient’s own cells. She is applying these approaches to study acute lung transplant rejection. Her long-term goal is to provide cellular and biochemical insights into the mechanisms of understudied inflammatory and fibrosing lung diseases and to explore potential personalized therapies.