Irina Tikhanovich

I am an Associate Professor at University of Kansas Medical Center. My research focuses on epigenetic changes in the liver induced by exposure to alcohol and their role in disease progression and resolution.

Mengfei Liu

I am a physician-scientist at Yale University with a research interest in alcohol-associated liver disease. Our lab studies the pathogenesis of alcohol-associated hepatitis and the ways of liver resident cells interact with immune cells.

Daniel Legg

Daniel Legg is the U.S. Early Asset Lead for the CardioRenal and Metabolic therapeutic area and Clinical Development Lead for liver disease at Boehringer Ingelheim. He is passionate about advancing science to address unmet medical needs and is honored to share insights on early asset development and clinical strategy at AASLD.

Jenn L Jones

Jenn Jones: Visionary Behind Sober Livers<br><br>Jenn Jones is the Founder and Director of Sober Livers, a groundbreaking Fatty Liver Foundation program dedicated to providing peer support and education to individuals and care partners affected by Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease (ALD), Metabolic Dysfunction with ALD (MetALD), and those navigating liver transplants.<br>In 2018, Jenn nearly died from liver failure caused by severe alcohol-associated hepatitis and decompensated cirrhosis.

Puneet Puri

Staff physician at Central Virginia VA Health Care System and Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. Clinical and research interests in steatotic liver disease spectrum, advanced liver disease and clinical nutrition.

Sanjana Verma

Sanjana is a recent Johns Hopkins Osler graduate and a current hospitalist. She plans to specialize in Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology and is specifically passionate about the intersection of Transplant Hepatology and Addiction Medicine, with a focus on alcohol-related liver disease.

Aparna Goel

Dr. Goel is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. She is a transplant hepatologist in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology with a specific clinical and research interest in autoimmune liver diseases including autoimmune hepatitis, PSC and PBC. She serves as the PI on several clinical trials related to these diseases. She is the Program Director of the ACGME Transplant Hepatology Fellowship and the Associate Program Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship at Stanford.

Michael Krowka

Brief Bio (9/16/2025)<br>Michael Krowka MD<br><br>Dr Krowka received his MD at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1980 with a subsequent internal medicine residency at Northwestern University and pulmonary subspecialty training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. He joined the staff of the Mayo Clinic in 1986.

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