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Investigators in the Indiana Center for Liver Research at IU School of Medicine

Indiana Center for Liver Research Investigators

Faculty

Naga P. Chalasani, MD

David W. Crabb Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Zhihong(Joe) Yang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Jessica Maiers, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Faculty, Post-Docs and Scientists

Lixian Chen, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Medicine

Lindsey Kennedy, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Medicine

Konstantina Kyritsi, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Medicine

Keisaku Sato, PhD, MSC

Assistant Research Professor of Medicine

Nan Wu, MD

Assistant Research Professor of Medicine

Tianhao Zhou, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Medicine

Francis Lab

The Francis Lab, led by Heather Francis, PhD, focuses on understanding and identifying target therapies for cholangiopathies, chronic and often fatal liver diseases including primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma.
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Liangpunsakul Lab

The Liangpunsakul Lab, led by Suthat Liangpunsakul, MD, focuses on the identification of non-invasive biomarkers to screen for excessive alcohol use and the molecular mechanism, risk factors, and treatment for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD).
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