Jeffrey V. Lazarus, PhD

Biography

Prof Jeffrey V Lazarus (PhD, MIH, MA) is a full professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and the head of the Public Health Liver Group at ISGlobal, where he is a research professor. His decade-long career at WHO's Regional Office for Europe was followed by serving as the Vice-Chair of the EASL International Liver Foundation, Board Chair of the foundation AFEW International and as the first director of Health Systems Global. He currently serves as the director of the Global Think-tank on Steatotic Liver Disease, Chair of the Healthy Livers Healthy Lives coalition, and leads MASH Cities.

He is the author of more than 450 publications, and is principal investigator of multiple global studies and clinical trials, and a work package leader of Europe's largest liver research consortium: LiverAIM. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Hepatology and Liver International. In 2023, he co-chaired the EASL SLD Summit and the Liver Connect NAFLD Summit, and was the recipient of the American Liver Foundation Distinguished Scientific Achievement award. In 2025, he received the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) Eugene T. Davidson, MD, Public Service Award. He has presented his research in 35 countries over the last decade and has been advising policymakers around the world. His recent research has led to more than 100 TV and radio appearances and >1000 quotes/interviews in media from the BBC and the Economist to El País, Le Monde, the Guardian and the New York Times.