Speaker

Dustin Bastaich, PhD

Virginia Commonwealth University
Dustin Bastaich, PhD

Biography

Dr. Dustin Bastaich is an Instructor at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Public Health and a Research Statistician at the Miami VA Healthcare System. He is a recent graduate from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Public Health, where he earned his PhD in Biostatistics.Dr. Bastaich's research focuses on apha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) associated liver disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance.With four years of experience in hepatology research, Dr. Bastaich has authored 25 peer-reviewed publications in journals including Nature, Journal of Hepatology, Hepatology, and Gut.