Meet our Director

Sandra S. Liu joined Purdue University as a faculty member in 2001 and is currently Professor in Department of Public Health and Director of Center for Global Urban Sustainability. After attaining her Ph.D. in Higher Education Policy from University of London, Sandra continued her post-doctoral training of planning and managing EMBA programs at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. She also has a MBA from Pepperdine University, MS in both Preventive Medicine and Pharmacology from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy from Taipei Medical University (Taiwan). Prior to becoming an academic in 1990, Dr. Liu had worked extensively in the healthcare sector, including Ohio Department of Health, Bristol Myers (Taiwan) Ltd., and Allergan Inc. with responsibilities ranging from discovery and clinical research, program planning and monitoring, to global sales and marketing across the United States and Asia Pacific. Dr. Liu remains to be active in consulting and executive training for businesses, hospitals, and public health departments, such as National Oilwell Varco (NOV), Ascension Health, Community HealthNet, Montgomery County Health Department, and Tippecanoe County Health Department in the US; Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company Limited, Hisun Pharmaceutical Company, China Hospital Association, and Bayer Healthcare in China; and Artal Food Industries Ltd., The Shui Hing Company, Limited, Rosemond International, Peopleware Inc., and 3M in Hong Kong. Dr. Liu was elected Fellow of Hong Kong Marketing Association. She has authored many books, including two that were written with Philip Kotler, the master of marketing, and their Chinese version were published in China. Dr. Liu’s recent projects focuses on performance improvement modeling for health departments and entrepreneurial enterprises; strategic leadership and business modeling for transformational organizations.

Curriculum Vitae

Research to Practice Award (1st Place Gold Medal)
Health Administration Section, APHA 2016 Annual Meeting & Expo
October 29-November 2, Denver, CO, 2016

The Inaugural Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy (Member)
Discovery Park’s Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship through Kauffman Foundation
Purdue University, 2007

Recipient Outstanding Researcher of the Year (Recipient)
Department of Consumer Sciences and Retailing
Purdue University, 2002, 2004, 2007

Recipient Montclair Who’s Who in Healthcare (Recipient)
2007

Elected Fellow Hong Kong Institute of Marketing (Elected Fellow)
2001

Recipient Outstanding Young Professionals in China (Recipient)
1992

Recipient Best Employee of the Bi-Month, Allergan Inc. (Recipient)
1985

Recipient Author of the Year, Allergan Inc. (Recipient)
1984

Education

Ph. D. in Higher Education Policy and Strategy
University of London

M.B.A.
Pepperdine University

M.S. in Preventive Medicine
Ohio State University

M.S. in Pharmacology
Ohio State University

B.S. in Pharmacy
Taipei Medical College (Taiwan)