长期从事慢性病流行病学研究，重点关注肥胖、糖尿病等相关慢性病的预防和干预、母婴健康和女性终身健康。
代表性学术论著：
1. Liu B, Lehmler HJ, Ye Z, Yuan X, Yan Y, Ruan Y, Wang Y, Yang Y, Chen S, Bao W. (2024). Environmental Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Flame Retardants With Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality. JAMA Network Open, 7(4), e243127.
2. Liu B, Curl CL, Brantsæter AL, Torjusen H, Sun Y, Du Y, Lehmler HJ, Balentine A, Snetselaar LG, Bao W. (2022). Perspective: organic food consumption during pregnancy and the potential effects on maternal and offspring health. Advances in Nutrition, 14(1), 12–21.
3. Liu B, Du Y, Wu Y, Snetselaar LG, Wallace RB, Bao W. (2021). Trends in obesity and adiposity measures by race or ethnicity among adults in the United States 2011-18: population based study. BMJ, 372, n365.
4. Liu B, Xu G, Sun Y, Qiu X, Ryckman KK, Yu Y, Snetselaar LG, Bao W. (2020). Maternal cigarette smoking before and during pregnancy and the risk of preterm birth: a dose-response analysis of 25 million mother-infant pairs. PLoS Medicine, 17(8), e1003158.
5. Liu B, Sun Y, Xu G, Snetselaar LG, Ludewig G, Wallace RB, Bao W. (2019). Association between body iron status and leukocyte telomere length, a biomarker of biological aging, in a nationally representative sample of US adults. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 119(4), 617–625.
6. Liu B, Xu G, Rong S, Santillan DA, Santillan MK, Snetselaar LG, Bao W. (2019). National estimates of e-cigarette use among pregnant and nonpregnant women of reproductive age in the United States, 2014-2017. JAMA Pediatrics, 173(6), 600–602.
7. Liu B, Xu G, Sun Y, Du Y, Gao R, Snetselaar LG, Santillan MK, Bao W. (2019). Association between maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and preterm birth according to maternal age and race or ethnicity: a population-based study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 7(9), 707–714.
8. Liu B, Sun Y, Xu G, Rong S, Zhang J, Du Y, Snetselaar LG, Robinson JG, Wallace RB, Bao W. (2018). Long-Term trends in hypertension and elevated blood pressure among US adults, 1999 to 2016. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 72(17), 2089–2091.
9. Liu B, Lehmler HJ, Sun Y, Xu G, Liu Y, Zong G, Sun Q, Hu FB, Wallace RB, Bao W. (2017). Bisphenol A substitutes and obesity in US adults: analysis of a population-based, cross-sectional study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 1(3), e114–e122.