Dr. Liang is an internationally renowned clinician/scientist who lent his considerable expertise to the development of the Arthritis Centre of Canada. A visiting professor in ARC’s Harold Robinson Chair, he leads a coalition to develop, provide and secure coordinated and comprehensive patient-centred services for people with arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases in British Columbia.

A graduate of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Liang has made major contributions to the field of rheumatology, especially with regard to health outcomes research. He is a gifted communicator who has served as a guest lecturer and visiting professor at major universities throughout North America and Europe. He also organizes and conducts clinical and health policy research with ARC partners and others around the world.

Dr. Liang’s areas of research interest include the valuation of the surgical, medical, and rehabilitation interventions in arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases; the epidemiology of rheumatic disability; modifiable risk factors in high risk populations with systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis; the development of patient-centered outcome measures for clinical trials; the epidemiology of connective tissue diseases and etiologic risk factors; clinical decision making; doctor-patient communication; and chronic disease health policy.