I am a consultant in Hepatology and Professor of Practice in Metabolic Liver Diseases at Imperial College London. My area of expertise, includes MASLD.

I am the Director of the Liver Research Program at the University of Illinois Chicago. I am actively involved in the Center for Alcohol Research, in the T32 Training Grants from the Cancer Center and the Department of Endocrinology, and in mentoring Graduate students and Postdoctoral fellows. In addition, I hold leadership roles at the American Association for the Studies of Liver Diseases (Steering Committee, Liver Fibrosis SIG) and the International Society for the Hepatic Sinusoid Research (2022-2024 President-Elect).

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.

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 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.

Monica Lizarraga is Director of Patient Advocacy at Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Jenn Jones: Visionary Behind Sober Livers

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.
In 2018, Jenn nearly died from liver failure caused by severe alcohol-associated hepatitis and decompensated cirrhosis. Against the odds, she survived without a transplant and today lives with recompensated cirrhosis.

Patient Advocate working mainly in autoimmune liver disease and SLD.

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.