Liver Center News
The NIH/NIDDK P30 Liver Center grant provides for the annual submission of pilot projects ($40,000 direct costs each) from both Liver Center and non-Liver Center investigators.
- June 17, 2024
Yale School of Medicine's Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to announce the creation of the Endowed Catalyst Fund in Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology. The fund will be used to support innovation in research and clinical care in the Department of Internal Medicine Section of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology.
- May 09, 2024
Until very recently, no treatment options were available for metabolic-associated steatolic liver disease (MASLD) (previously called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease). The Food and Drug Administration recently approved resmetirom, the first therapy for the more severe form of MASLD, but there remains a need for a generic, affordable treatment option for patients. Bubu Banini, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a $3.05 million R01 grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a five-year research project to investigate the feasibility of oral digoxin as a treatment option for these patients.
- April 10, 2024
Lisa Korn, MD, PhD, instructor of medicine (rheumatology, allergy and immunology) has been selected to receive the 2024 Iva Dostanic, MD, PhD, Physician-Scientist Trainee Award.
- March 24, 2024Source: Yale Medicine
Wajahat Mehal, MD, professor of medicine (digestive diseases), discusses a new treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
- March 20, 2024
An openness to collaboration is just one factor in the popularity of team science at YSM.
- March 11, 2024
As a part of our “Meet Yale Internal Medicine” series, today’s feature is on Romina Fiorotto, PhD, assistant professor (digestive diseases and pathology).
- February 19, 2024
Yale researchers have collaborated with other experts in the field of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, to develop the most recent American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) practice guidance for liver cancer.
- November 01, 2023
Yale has made advances that have changed how doctors and patients grapple with diabetes.