Yiran Liu, PhD, MS

Yiran Liu is a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, jointly affiliated with the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice and the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law. Her research leverages social epidemiology, mathematical modeling, and community engagement to examine the health impacts of incarceration and identify strategies to advance decarceration and health equity, with a geographic focus on the United States and Brazil. She received her BS from the University of Michigan and her MS and PhD from Stanford University, where she was a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, and Gerald J. Lieberman Fellow. During her PhD, she also served as co-coordinator and instructor with the Stanford Jail and Prison Education Project, a graduate student-led program providing co-teaching and co-learning opportunities inside Bay Area jails and prisons.