Jeffrey V. Lazarus

Biography

Prof Jeffrey V. Lazarus (PhD, MIH, MA) is head of the Health Systems Research Group at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and a professor of global health at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. He is chair of the Wilton Park NAFLD meetings and co-chairs the annual Innovations in NAFLD Care (INCBCN) meeting as well as in 2023 the EASL NAFLD Summit and the Liver Connect NASH Summit. He is known for having developed the micro-elimination approach to eliminate hepatitis C and is the author of more than 300 publications including the Lancet GastroHep viral hepatitis commission, the global NAFLD public health consensus statement, the expert recommendation on NAFLD models of care, and the EASL NAFLD patient guideline. He is a member of the EASL Public Health and Policy Committee and the Global NASH Council.