Dr. Harmet Malhi is a consultant in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology with a joint appointment in Physiology and a Professor of Medicine and Physiology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Malhi currently serves as the research chair for the division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology while also serving as the deputy editor for Hepatology and Hepatology Communications. Dr. Malhi's commitment to furthering AASLD’s mission is by capitalizing on digital transformation for growth and development. With a focus on expanding early career outreach programs to attract a diverse workforce into the field of hepatology.

Rotonya McCants Carr, MD is the Cyrus E. Rubin Chair and Division Head of Gastroenterology at the University of Washington. She is a basic science researcher and clinical hepatologist who specializes in the care of patients with fatty liver diseases. Her laboratory uses complementary in vivo and cellular approaches to investigate the mechanisms of insulin resistance in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD, formerly NAFLD) and alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). Dr. Carr is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, European Association for the Study of the Liver, Research Society of Alcoholism, founding member of the Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists, and national board member of the American Liver Foundation. She is a former guest editor of Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology and current editorial member of Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, and the Journal of Lipid Research. In 2020, Dr. Carr was honored as one of Cell’s most inspiring Black scientists.