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2010 American Liver Foundation Research Awards
April 2010, ALF announed the winners of its 2010 Research Awards.
2010 Research Awards Announcement
In April 2010, ALF announced the winners of its 2010 Research Awards Program. Twelve scientists representing twelve medical and research institutions were awarded nearly $1,000,000 to support their research in the areas of alagille syndrome, hepatic cirrhosis and fibrosis, biliary atresia, hepatitis C, liver grafts, polycystic liver disease, hepatic carcinoma and primary biliary cirrhosis.
Since the inception of its Research Awards Program, ALF has provided more than $23 million in funding to nearly 700 award recipients.
ALF is proud to support these research efforts and hopeful that they will bring us closer to finding cures for liver disease.
2010 Research Awards Program
Awards and Awardees
2010 Liver Scholars
AASLD/ALF Liver Scholar
Takeshi Saito, MD, PhD
University of Washington, Department of Immunology
Seattle, WA
Identification of a Novel Host Innate Immune Factor that Regulates HCV
Mentor: Michael J. Gale, PhD
AASLD/ALF Liver Scholar
Udayan Apte, PhD
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling in Liver Regeneration Following Acetaminophen-Induced Acute Liver Failure
Mentor: Hartmut Jaeschke, PhD
AASLD/ALF Liver Scholar
Amal Dutta, MD, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics
Dallas, TX
Regulation of Biliary Secretion and Bile Formation by the Ca2+-Activated CI£¼ Channel TMEM16A
Mentor: Andrew P. Feranchak, MD
American Liver Foundation Liver Scholar
Kari Chambers, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
PGC-ƒ¡β- Mediated Control of Hepatic Fatty Acid Metabolism through ChREBP
Mentor: Brian N. Finck, PhD
2010 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Irwin M. Arias, MD Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Sanjiv Harpavat, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Role of Probiotics in Bile Acid – TGR5/FXR Signaling
Mentor: James Versalovic, MD, PhD
Roger L. Jenkins, MD Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Prajakta Palkar, PhD
Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
Targeting PPARβ/δ to Inhibit Hepatic Inflammation
Mentor: Jeffery M. Peters, PhD
Herman Lopata Memorial Hepatitis Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Michael Gelman, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Development of Novel Host-Factor-Based Antivirals for Hepatitis C
Mentor: Jeffrey S. Glenn, MD, PhD
Hans Popper Memorial Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Gregory Camus, PhD
Gladstone Institutes
San Francisco, CA
Role of Lipid Droplets in Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Liver Damage
Mentor: Melanie Ott, MD, PhD
Sunflowers for Holli Autoimmune Hepatitis Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Antonino Castellaneta, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Pittsburgh, PA
NOD2 Signaling and Regulation of Liver Dendritic Cell Tolerogenicity
Mentor: Angus W. Thomson, PhD, DSc
Dean Thiel Memorial Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Dian Chiang, MD, MPH
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Adenosine Signaling Pathway in the Regulation of Hepatic Angiogenesis and Fibrogenesis
Mentor: Laura Nagy, PhD
Charles Trey, MD Memorial Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Jean-Philippe Pradere, PhD
Columbia University
New York, NY
Analysis of Cell-Specific TGFß Effects in Hepatic Fibrogenesis and Carcinogenesis
Mentor: Robert Schwabe, MD
Alexander M. White, III Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Andrew Chu, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Epithelial-To-Mesenchymal Transition in Biliary Fibrosis
Mentor: Rebecca G. Wells, MD
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