Clinical Research Workshop
Recorded On: 11/11/2016
This program will address the various designs used in patient-oriented research, including the strengths and limitations to each approach as well as the impact each technique has had on the study and care of patients with liver disease. In addition, approaches to obtaining funding for such research, as well as the development and use of quality measures for the care of patients with chronic liver disease will be discussed. Participants will have the opportunity to obtain more "hands-on" experience and direct feedback from experienced investigators during a series of dynamic and interactive breakout sessions.
Zobair M. Younossi
Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH, FAASLD is the President of Inova Medicine, Inova Health System as well as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, Virginia. He is also Chair of Clinical Research at the same institution. Dr. Younossi earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, NY and completed his residency in internal medicine with a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla, California. He initially served as Staff Hepatologist and Senior Researcher at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio before establishing the Center for Liver Diseases at Inova Fairfax Hospital, which is now renowned for research related to outcomes research in liver disease and clinical, health services and translational research in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). He has served as Vice President of Research for Inova Health System and currently serves as its Chair of Research.
Over the past three decades, Dr. Younossi has pioneered research in NAFLD and has been a leader in the field of patient-reported outcomes (PROs), economic assessment and other areas of outcomes research in liver disease. He leads a number of international efforts related to NAFLD and PROs in liver disease though global collaborations, including the Chair of Global NASH Council and the Global Liver and NASH Registries. Dr. Younossi has authored over 590 articles, 3 books, 6 journal supplements, over 25 book chapters and over 900 abstracts at the international scientific meetings.
Fasiha Kanwal
Fasiha Kanwal, MD, MSHS, AGAF, FAASLD is a professor of medicine and chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Baylor College of Medicine. She also serves as the editor-in-chief for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the American Gastroenterological Association clinical practice journal. She is a nationally recognized authority in health services research and epidemiology of cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer (HCC).
Dr. Kanwal is currently leading a translational research center for the National Cancer Institute Consortium on Translational Research in Early Detection of Liver Cancer (TLC, U01). She also serves as co-PI for the Texas HCC Consortium (THCCC) and as one of the co-Directors for the Texas Collaborative Center for HCC (TeCH). She is also the Director for NIH T32 funded GI fellowship program at Baylor College of Medicine.
