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Speaking at Seminar

Meet The Speakers!

Scientific Advisory Committee

Stacey S. Huppert, PhD

Associate Professor

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

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https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/g/gastroenterology/labs/huppert

Kathleen M. Loomes, MD

Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Professor of Pediatrics;

Section Chief for Research

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

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https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p3872

Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Associate Director, The Saban Research Institute (Training and Education), and Associates’ Chair in Liver and Intestinal Research at Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Pediatrics, at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

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https://www.chla.org/research/lab/kohli

James E. Squires, MD, MS

Associate Professor

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

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https://providers.upmc.com/provider/james-squires/1324685

Sarah A. Taylor, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado

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https://som.cuanschutz.edu/Profiles/Faculty/Profile/37607

Holger Willenbring, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery Director, Liver Center

University of California San Francisco

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https://willenbringlab.ucsf.edu/

Keynote Speakers

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David A. Piccoli Endowed Chair; Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

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https://www.chop.edu/doctors/kamath-binita

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Chief Scientific Officer, Child Health, Children’s Hospital Colorado and Univ. of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU); CU Distinguished Professor Bruce and Bev Wagner Family Endowed Chair in Child Health Research Associate Dean for Child Health Research, CU School of Medicine; Director, Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Assistant Vice Chancellor for Clinical  and Translational Science, CU Denver; Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine

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https://som.cuanschutz.edu/Profiles/Faculty/Profile/5796

Invited Speakers

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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Director, Gene Therapy for Inherited Metabolic Disorders Frontier Program

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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www.ahrensnicklaslab.com

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Associate Professor
MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh

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https://www.boulter-lab.co.uk/

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Professor

Skaggs, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Pediatrics, University of California San Diego

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https://dorresteinlab.ucsd.edu/

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Centre for Inflammation Research, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh

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https://inflammation-research.ed.ac.uk/people/principal-investigators/dr-sofia-ferreira

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Assistant Professor

Emory University

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https://www.graczlab.org/

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Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Chief Scientific Officer, Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Metabolic Health and Liver Disease

Virginia Commonwealth University

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https://www.vcuhealth.org/news/vcu-liver-institute-names-saul-karpen-as-its-first-chief-scientific-officer

Eric Lagasse, PharmD, PhD

Professor in the Department of Pathology

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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https://mirm-pitt.net/staff/eric-lagasse-pharmd-phd/

Nataliya Rasumilava, MD

Assistant Professor, Associate Director of the Liver Tumor Program

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan

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https://www.uofmhealth.org/profile/3858/nataliya-razumilava-md

Takuya Sakaguchi, PhD

Associate Staff/Professor
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

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https://www.lerner.ccf.org/inflammation-immunity/sakaguchi/

Amita Tiyaboonchai, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Oregon Health and Science University

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https://www.ohsu.edu/people/amita-tiyaboonchai

Gregory Underhill, PhD Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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https://underhill.bioen.illinois.edu/

Marino Zerial, PhD

Professor

Human Technopole, Milan, Italy

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https://humantechnopole.it/en/

Discussion Leaders

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Professor

University of California San Francisco

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https://bms.ucsf.edu/people/laura-bull-phd

Stacey S. Huppert, PhD

Associate Professor
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine

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https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/g/gastroenterology/labs/huppert

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Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine

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https://www.bcm.edu/research/faculty-labs/hamed-jafar-nejad-lab

Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Associate Director, The Saban Research Institute (Training and Education), and Associates’ Chair in Liver and Intestinal Research at Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Pediatrics, at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

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https://www.chla.org/research/lab/kohli

Kathleen M. Loomes, MD

Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Professor of Pediatrics;

Section Chief for Research

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

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https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p3872

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Director of Center for Autoimmune Liver Disease
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center

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https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/g/gastroenterology/labs/miethke

Nancy B. Spinner, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Chief, Division of Genomic Diagnostics
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at The
University of Pennsylvania

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https://www.research.chop.edu/people/nancy-b-spinner

James E. Squires, MD, MS

Associate Professor

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

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https://providers.upmc.com/provider/james-squires/1324685

Sarah A. Taylor, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado

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https://som.cuanschutz.edu/Profiles/Faculty/Profile/37607

Holger Willenbring, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery Director, Liver Center

University of California San Francisco

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https://willenbringlab.ucsf.edu/

Disease Specific Research Roundtable Discussion Leaders

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Distinguished Endowed Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Emeritus Division Chief,

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of
Medicine

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https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p13006

Sanjiv Harpavat, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine

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https://www.texaschildrens.org/find-a-provider/sanjiv-harpavat-md-phd

Richard Thompson, MD, PhD

Professor of Molecular Hepatology

King’s College London

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https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/richard.j.thompson

Cara L. Mack, MD

Professor (w/ Tenure), Division Chief- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

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https://childrenswi.org/physician-directory/m/mack-cara-lynn

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