Biography
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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UCSF | Transplant Hepatology Fellowship | 2013 | |
UCSF | Gastroenterology Fellowship | 2012 | |
UCSF | M.A.S. in Clinical Research | Graduate Division (Advance Training in Clinical Research) | 2012 |
University of Pennsylvania | Internal Medicine Residency | 2009 | |
UCSF | M.D. | School of Medicine | 2006 |
Vassar College | BA | 2002 |
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
American Board of Internal Medicine - Transplant Hepatology
Awards & Honors
Award | Conferred By | Date |
---|---|---|
R03 | NIDDK | 2022/2024 |
K23 | NIDDK | 2017/2023 |
K Scholars Team Science Award | UCSF | 2017/2018 |
UCSF Hellman Research Award | UCSF | 2016/2018 |
RAP Pilot Award for Junior Investigators | UCSF | 2016/2017 |
Liver Center Flex Funds | UCSF | 2015/2016 |
Liver Center Pilot/Feasibility Research Award | UCSF Liver Center | 2014/2015 |
Sheila Sherlock Career Development Research Award | AASLD | 2013/2015 |
Advanced Hepatology Fellowship Award | AASLD | 2012/2013 |
Clinical Expertise
Alcoholic Liver Disease
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Cirrhosis
Drug-Induced Hepatitis
Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Hemochromatosis
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
Liver Transplantation
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Polycystic Liver Disease
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Clinical Trials
- Bicalutamide Therapy in Young Women With NAFLD and PCOS (NCT05979389)Related Conditions: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Liver Disease| Start Date: | End Date:
- Spironolactone Therapy In Young Women With NASH (NCT03576755)Related Conditions: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, Steatohepatitis, Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease| Start Date: | End Date:
Program Affiliations
UCSF Liver Center
Grants and Funding
- Influence of Androgens on Tissue-Specific Lipid Metabolites and Liver Injury in Young Women with NAFLD | NIDDK | 2022-03-15 - 2024-03-15 | Role: Principle Investigator
- Androgens and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: The Role of Male Sex Hormones in Women with NASH | NIH | 2017-07-10 - 2023-06-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
Research Narrative
My research program is focused on the role of sex hormones on liver injury in women, including the effects of reproductive aging, pregnancy, and androgens. I have a specific interest in young women with the hyperandrogenic condition known as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome as these women are at high risk for developing Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and early onset liver scarring. Within the transplant setting I also study sex differences in waitlist and post transplant outcomes.
Research Interests
Women with chronic liver disease
Non invasive measures of liver fibrosis
Gender differences in liver transplant outcomes
Publications
- Testosterone Levels in Women: Implications for Fatty Liver and Beyond.| | PubMed
- Noninvasive Tests for Prognosticating Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease in Pregnancy: Ready for Prime Time?| | PubMed
- Sex hormone levels by presence and severity of cirrhosis in women with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.| | PubMed
- Longer lactation duration is associated with decreased prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in women.| | PubMed
- Chronic Hepatitis B in Pregnancy.| | PubMed
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Graft Loss Among Female Liver Transplant Recipients.| | PubMed
- Reproductive health in women following abdominal organ transplant.| | PubMed
- The Association of Hispanic Ethnicity with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.| | PubMed
- Use of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-positive donor in a treated HCV RNA-negative liver transplant recipient.| | PubMed
- Sex-based disparities in delisting for being "too sick" for liver transplantation.| | PubMed