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Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program in Liver Disease

2020 Recipients

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Juliet Emamaullee MD, PhD FRCSC FACS

University of Southern California

"Temporal Changes in the Immune Landscape During Liver Transplantation Rejection"

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Ji-Yeon Shin, PhD

Columbia University

"A Novel Nuclear Envelope Mediator of Steatosis and NASH"

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Suraj J. Patel, MD, PhD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

"Role of IRF3 in uncoupling hepatic metabolism in NAFLD"

2019 Recipients

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Po-Hung Chen, MD

Johns Hopkins University

"The Impacts of Early Liver Transplantation and Sustained Abstinence on the Natural History of Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis – A Survival Benefit Study"

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Vanessa Leone, PhD

The University of Chicago

"The Role Of Diet-Induced Dysbiosis on Liver Fibrosis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): Identifying Causation And Microbiome-Based Interventional Strategies"

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Zhenghui Gordon Jiang, MD, PhD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

"Targeting Cholesterol Toxicity via Abnormal Lipoproteins in Alcoholic Hepatitis"

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Nataliya Razumilava, MD

University of Michigan

"Utility of Preclinical Organoid Models For Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Diagnosis And Treatment Assessment"

2018 Recipients

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Adam J. Gehring, PhD

Toronto Centre for Liver Disease University Health Network

"Immunological Response to HBV Reactivation in Patients Stopping Nucleoside Analogue"

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Michelle T. Long, MD

Boston University School of Medicine

"Determining the Burden, Heritability, and Clinical Implications of Increased Liver Stiffness from Fatty Liver Disease in Older Adults"

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Dragana Kopanja, PhD

University of Illinois at Chicago

"Roles of FoxM1 in Hepatic Stellate Cells in Liver Fibrosis and HCC Development"

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Ryan J. Schulze, PhD

Mayo Clinic

"A Novel Autophagic Mechanism Mediating Lipid Droplet Catabolism in Hepatocytes"

2017 Recipients

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Zongdi Feng, PhD

The Ohio State University College of Medicine

“Biogenesis and Functions of Secreted HBV RNA Particles”

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Samar Ibrahim, MB, ChB

Mayo Clinic

“Mechanisms of Liver Injury in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis”

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Daniela Sia, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

“Biomarkers of Response to lmmunotherapy in Liver Cancer”

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Qian Xie, MD, PhD

James H. Quillen College of Medicine

East Tennessee State University

“Met-Targeting T Cell Therapy against Hepatocellular Carcinoma”

2016 Recipients

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Jaime Chu, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sanai

“Protein Glycosylation as a Novel Cellular Regulator of Hepatic Fibrosis”

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Genta Kakiyama, PhD

Virginia Commonwealth University

“Elucidation of the Oxysterol Pathway and the Role of CYP71B in the Development of Liver Inflammation and Firbrosis”

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Joanne Hsieh, PhD

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

“Hepatoprotective Mechanisms in TTC39B Deficiency”

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Harmeet Malhi, MBBS

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

“Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Sphingolipids in NASH”

2015 Recipients

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Andras Heczey, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

“Immunotherapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Dual Specific Natural Killer T Cells”

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Jennifer Layden, MD, PhD

Loyola University Chicago

“HBV Genotype E: Impact on Virologic and Serologic Host Response”

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Robert Christian Huebert, MD

Mayo Clinic

“Epigenetic Mechanisms of Biliary Regeneration”

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Massimiliano Paganelli, MD, PhD

CHU Sainte-Justine - Universitié de Montreal

“Autologous Transplantation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells-Derived Hepatocytes to Treat Hereditary Tyrosinemia Type 1”

2014 Recipients

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Matthew Burchill, PhD

University of Colorado, Denver

“Immune Reconstitution and Reversal of Chronic Exhaustion Following Novel Directly-Acting Antiviral (DAA) Therapy”

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William Osbourn, PhD

Johns Hopkins University

“Pharmacological Targeting of the CCR5 Signaling Pathway to Enhance Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Immune Response”

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Luke Engelking, MD, PhD

UT Southwestern Medical Center

“Site-2 Protease and Fatty Liver Disease”

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Dean Yimlamai, MD, PhD

Boston Children's Hospital

“Novel Regulators of Hippo Signaling in Liver Disease”

2013 Recipients

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Akiko Eguchi, PhD

University of California, San Diego

“The Development of Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches for Non-Alcoholic Liver Disease Targeting Circulating Microparticles with Specific Antigens and MicroRNA Compositions”

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Guisheng Song, PhD

University of Minnesota

“MicroRNA-206 as a Therapeutic Agent for Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Inhibiting Notch3”

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Michel Fausther, PhD

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

“Ecto-5’-Nucleotidase/CD73 in the Pathogenesis of Liver Fibrosis”

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