Leading Researchers
Ramon Bataller, MD, PhD
Clinical and Research Interests: I am a liver physician-scientist. My clinical interests include the management of patients with alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and critically-ill cirrhotic patients. I have worked the last ten years in a multidisciplinary team to treat patients with alcoholic liver disease. My main research interests include liver fibrosis and the mechanisms and determinants of mortality of alcoholic liver disease. I have mostly performed translational studies including human samples and experimental models of liver disease. Also, I recently started a line of research on global public health aspects of alcoholic liver disease. I am currently the overall PI of a NIH-funded consortium (InTeam) for translational research of alcoholic hepatitis. The main goals of the InTeam consortium are the identification of molecular subtypes and the identification of novel targets for therapy. Ongoing Research Studies: Metabolic and transcription factor reprogramming in alcoholic hepatitis. By combining RNAseq and metabolic studies from human samples, we have found profound changes in glucose metabolism and also decreased activity of transcription factors that regulate hepatocyte metabolic function.
Juan Pablo Arab, MD
Dr. Arab is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. Trained at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Chile and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Dr. Arab is a Gastroenterology and Hepatology specialist, Transplant Hepatologist and Clinical Researcher with interest in clinical/translational research and epidemiology in alcohol-related liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. He has published more than 140 peer-reviewed papers, co-authored several book chapters and delivered lectures on liver-related topics at national and international meetings. He is an Associate Editor for Hepatology (flagship AASLD journal). Dr. Arab is member of the AASLD Global Outreach and Engagement Committee. He is currently the Vice-Chair of the Special Interest Group on alcohol-associated liver disease of the AASLD. Additionally, he is the President of the Chilean Hepatology Association and Vice-Chair of the Education & Scholarship Committee of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS).
