Researcher biography
Mark Liu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow focusing on the potential for clinical trials to affect change on a larger, longer-term scale. He was the interning early-career researcher for a multidisciplinary patient safety trial conducted at eight hospitals across Sydney, Melbourne and regional New South Wales. His doctoral research program involved physical activity for cancer patients, with an emphasis on creating long-term behaviour change for underserved groups.
Methodological expertise:
- Implementing trials in real-world contexts
- Behaviour change theory
- Consumer involvement
- Leveraging routinely collected healthcare data for research
- Other areas of interest: supportive care for people with cancer, inequities in healthcare
Journal Articles
Hickman, Ingrid J., Graffini, Jenna, Liu, Mark, Straiton, Nicola, Mthethwa-Pitt, Thobe, Yeo, Hee-eun (Ellen, Howell, Tegwen, Hewson, Kaye, Tavender, Emma and Taylor, Natalie (2026). Implementation Science and the Clinical Trial Workforce: A National Needs Assessment of Training and Practice. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 101658, 101658. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2026.101658
Liu, Mark G., Comber, Elouise, Martin, Andrew, Roberts, Natasha, Trott, Mike, Costa, Nathalia, Foster, Nadine E. and Hickman, Ingrid J. (2026). Implementation science in hybrid randomized controlled trials: a state-of-the-art systematic review. JBI Evidence Implementation. doi: 10.1097/xeb.0000000000000568
Liu, Mark, Kilbreath, Sharon, Yee, Jasmine, Beith, Jane and Dylke, Elizabeth (2026). Behaviour change for physical activity is feasible and effective in women living with metastatic breast cancer: a pilot two-arm randomised trial. Cancers, 18 (2) 338. doi: 10.3390/cancers18020338
Liu, Mark, Kilbreath, Sharon, Yee, Jasmine, Beith, Jane, McNab, Justin and Dylke, Elizabeth (2025). Motivations and perceptions for physical activity in women living with metastatic breast cancer: a qualitative interview study. BMC Cancer, 25 (1) 80, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-11335-x
Liu, Mark, Kilbreath, Sharon, Yee, Jasmine, Beith, Jane, McNab, Justin and Dylke, Elizabeth (2025). Personal and behavioural factors that influence physical activity in women living with metastatic breast cancer: a qualitative interview study. BMC Cancer, 25 (1) 48. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-11475-0
Straiton, Nicola, Moons, Philip, Verstrael, Axel, Liu, Mark and Winter, Michiel M (2024). Beyond validation: getting wearable activity trackers into cardiovascular care—a discussion paper. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23 (6), 685-689. doi: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvae019
Liu, Mark, Whittam, Susan, Thornton, Anna, Goncharov, Liza, Slade, Diana, McElduff, Benjamin, Kelly, Patrick, Law, Chi Kin, Walsh, Sarah, Pollnow, Vivien, Cuffe, Jayde, McMahon, Jake, Aggar, Christina, Bilo, Jacqueline, Bowen, Karen, Chow, Josephine S. F., Duffy, Katharine, Everett, Bronwyn, Ferguson, Caleb, Frost, Steven A., Gleeson, Narelle, Hackett, Kate, Komusanac, Ivanka, Marshall, Sonia, May, Sharon, McErlean, Gemma, Melbourne, Gregory, Murphy, Jade, Newbury, Joanne ... Middleton, Sandy (2023). Correction: the ACCELERATE Plus (assessment and communication excellence for safe patient outcomes) Trial Protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial, cost-benefit analysis, and process evaluation (BMC Nursing, (2023), 22, 1, (275), 10.1186/s12912-023-01439-x). BMC Nursing, 22 (1) 445. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01589-y
Wan, Ching Shan, Cheng, Heilok, Musgrave-Takeda, Mika, Liu, Mark Guosheng, Tobiano, Georgia, McMahon, Jake and McInnes, Elizabeth (2023). Barriers and facilitators to implementing pressure injury prevention and management guidelines in acute care: a mixed-methods systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 145 104557, 104557. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104557
Liu, Mark, Whittam, Susan, Thornton, Anna, Goncharov, Liza, Slade, Diana, McElduff, Benjamin, Kelly, Patrick, Law, Chi Kin, Walsh, Sarah, Pollnow, Vivien, Cuffe, Jayde, McMahon, Jake, Aggar, Christina, Bilo, Jacqueline, Bowen, Karen, Chow, Josephine S. F., Duffy, Katharine, Everett, Bronwyn, Ferguson, Caleb, Frost, Steven A., Gleeson, Narelle, Hackett, Kate, Komusanac, Ivanka, Marshall, Sonia, May, Sharon, McErlean, Gemma, Melbourne, Gregory, Murphy, Jade, Newbury, Joanne ... Middleton, Sandy (2023). The ACCELERATE Plus (assessment and communication excellence for safe patient outcomes) Trial Protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial, cost-benefit analysis, and process evaluation. BMC Nursing, 22 (1) 275, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01439-x
Liu, Mark Guosheng, Davis, Glen M., Kilbreath, Sharon L. and Yee, Jasmine (2022). Physical activity interventions using behaviour change theories for women with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 16 (5), 1127-1148. doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01104-9
Liu, Mark Guosheng, Raymond, Jacqueline, Jay, Ollie and O'Connor, Helen (2020). Identification of factors important to study quality in exercise performance studies. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 23 (8), 782-787. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2020.01.014
Conference Paper
Hickman, Ingrid, Liu, Mark, Comber, Elouise, Costa, Nathalia, Trott, Mike, Roberts, Natasha, Martin, Andrew and Foster, Nadine (2026). How is implementation science used in hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomised controlled trials? A state-of-the-art review of early adopters. 2025 European Implementation Event, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 4 - 6 June 2025. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central.