Jeff McIntyre

Biography

Jeff McIntyre
Vice President of Liver Health Programs, Global Liver Institute
Bio

Jeff McIntyre is the Vice President of Liver Health Programs for the Global Liver Institute in Washington, DC. As Vice President, Jeff supervises GLI's diverse liver health portfolio - including fatty liver disease, liver cancer, pediatric and rare diseases, and GLI's worldwide 'Liver Health is Public Health' campaign. Working with GLI Program Directors, Jeff identifies patient advocacy opportunities in all areas of patient and care pathways including drug development, regulatory input, biomarker development, and awareness and educational opportunities while addressing disparities in screening and treatment in the US and globally.

As former Director of GLI NASH Programs, Jeff led the creation of patient, industry, and policymaker materials such as "The Language of NASH," the "U.S. NASH Action Plan," yearly "NASH Scorecard," and multiple educational materials such as "NAFLD/NASH: Am I at Risk?" and "NAFLD/NASH: Have You Been Diagnosed?" - and directed the multi-stakeholder worldwide event, Global Fatty Liver Day (formerly International NASH Day).

Jeff currently serves on the Board of Tufts University School of Nutrition's Food & Nutrition Innovation Council, the Nairobi-based Wellness for Greater Kenya, and just finished his term on the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease's Practice Guidelines Committee. Jeff has formerly been a member of the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, an Advisor to the Robert Wood Johnson Roundtable on Childhood Obesity, and PBS Kids Board of Advisors.

He has frequently given invited testimony before U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Committees, and multiple federal agencies, and spoken at the Global NASH Congress, EASL Liver Congress, AASLD Liver Meeting, Paris NASH, and the NAFLD and NASH Primary Care Summit, and Biomarkers for NASH Symposium. Jeff's publications include articles in the Journal of the American Behavioral Scientist, Journal on Discovering Popular Culture, The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology, Runner's World, and the National Enquirer.

Personally, Jeff graduated from American University with a Master's Degree in Philosophy. He is a 5-time Ironman triathlete and former professionally sponsored whitewater kayaker and river guide. He enjoys meeting all the dogs.