Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA, is a practicing hepatologist and board-certified physician nutrition specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, where she holds the Endowed Professorship of Liver Health and Transplantation.  Her clinical practice emphasizes a patient-centered approach to improving liver health, combining her training in nutrition and Integrative Medicine with advanced/transplant hepatology.  Dr. Lai's research program, which has been funded continuously by the National Institutes of Health since 2013, focuses on characterizing the lived experienced of patients with chronic liver diseases, offering patients a "voice" in the scientific literature.   

Dr. Lai is an effective and passionate mentor and currently holds a prestigious NIH K24 Mentoring Award in Patient-Oriented Research.  She has mentored numerous individuals in hepatology research, many of whom were supported by the AASLD Foundation through its Career Development, Fellowship, Emerging Scholar, and travel award mechanisms.  Her personal dedication to liver-focused research, along with her passion for supporting the next generation of liver researchers, underlies her deep commitment to serving on the AASLD Foundation Board of Trustees.

Janice Jou, MD, MHS, is a transplant hepatologist in Portland, OR. Dr. Jou is the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Director, Professor of Medicine and Associate Vice-Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Dr. Jou has been active in leading educational initiatives and addressing workforce matters for the AASLD and served as the chair of the Training and Workforce (TWF) Committee from 2020-2022. During her tenure as chair of the TWF committee, she led the AASLD in establishing a standard application and match for the 4^th year transplant hepatology fellowship. Her clinical and research interests include outcomes for hepatocellular carcinoma and processes of care in chronic liver disease.

Nancy Reau, MD,  the Richard B. Capps Chair of Hepatology, is currently Associate Director of Solid Organ Transplantation and Section Chief of Hepatology at Rush University Medical Center.

Dr Reau’s research interests are in viral hepatitis and drug development as well as utilization. She has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, invited reviews, editorials and online programs, as well as several book chapters, and two books. She was editor in chief for Clinical Liver Disease, the AASLD multimedia journal.  She served as the chair of the public policy committee for the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and was a member of the AASLD practice guideline committee. She was one of the original authors of the AASLD/IDSA hepatitis C guidance document.  She has been a member of the national board of directors of the American Liver Foundation (ALF) and served as the president of the Illinois chapter of the ALF, a member of the board of directors and a member of the medical advisory committee (MAC). She is current chair of the World Gastroenterology Organization Hepatology committee and a member of the American College of Gastroenterology Practice Parameters Committee.