Our Expert Reviewers

American Liver Foundation relies on a network of experts to review applications for our research awards as part of ALF Grants Review Committee. A big thank you to our expert reviewers who have participated in the review process post-COVID!

• Manal Abdelmalek, MD, MPH
• Naim Alkhouri, MD
• Udayan Apte, PhD
• David Assis, MD
• Walid Ayoub, MD
• William Balistreri, MD
• Bubu Banini, MD, PhD
• Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR
• Christopher Bowlus, MD
• Graham Brady, MD, PhD
• Sheng (Scott) Cao, MD
• Carol Casey, PhD
• Tammy Chang, MD, PhD
• David Cohen, MD, PhD (Co-Chair)
• Hien Dang, PhD
• Lily Dara, MD
• Paul Dawson, PhD
• Renumathy Dhanasekaran, MD
• Tamir Diamond, MD
• Senad Divanovic, PhD
• Jonathan Dranoff, MD
• Juliet Emamaullee, MD, PhD
• Baran Ersoy, PhD
• Marc Ghany, MD
• Nisanne Ghonem, PharmD, PhD
• Wolfram Goessling, MD, PhD
• Arash Grakoui, PhD
• Richard Green, MD
• Michael Greene, PhD
• Markus Grompe, MD
• Vikas Gupta, MD, PhD
• James Harding, MD
• Sanjiv Harpavat, MD, PhD
• Theo Heller, MD
• Moira Hilscher, MD
• Petra Hirsova, PhD
• M Mahmood Hussain, PhD
• Xiaosong (Joy) Jiang, MD, PhD
• Ningling Kang, PhD
• Michael Karin, PhD
• Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS (Co-Chair)
• Joshua Korzenik, MD
• Enis Kostallari, PhD, MS
• Suthat Liangpunsakul, MD
• Maria Serena Longhi, MD, PhD
• Shelly Lu, MD
• Harmeet Malhi, MBBS
• Pranoti Mandrekar, PhD
• Marlyn Mayo, MD
• Reza Mehvar, PharmD, PhD
• Alexander Miethke, MD
• Pramod Mistry, MD, PhD
• Satdarshan (Paul) Monga, MD
• Krupa Mysore, MD, MS
• Laura Nagy, PhD
• Kari Nejak-Bowen, MBA, PhD
• Natalia Nieto, PharmD, PhD
• Steven O'Hara, PhD
• Anna Peters, MD, PhD
• Yury Popov, MD, PhD
• Davide Povero, PhD, MBA
• Daniel Pratt, MD
• Puneet Puri, MD
• Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, MD, MBA, PhD
• Elizabeth Rand, MD
• Don Rockey, MD (Co-Chair)
• Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury, MBBS, MRCP
• Piu Saha, PhD
• Bernd Schnabl, MD
• Robert Schwabe, MD
• Ekihiro Seki, MD, PhD
• Marc Sherman, MD, PhD
• Donghun Shin, PhD
• Benjamin Shneider, MD
• James Squires, MD
• Shikha Sundaram, MD
• Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD
• Irina Tikhanovich, PhD
• Korkut Uygun, PhD
• Matam Vijay-Kumar, PhD
• Silvia Vilarinho, MD, PhD
• Xiaobo Wang, PhD
• Holger Willenbring, MD, PhD
• Ann Wozniak, PhD
• Xiao Zhao, MD
• Huiping Zhou, PhD

ALF is intent on expanding its network of expert reviewers. Please email Helene Jordan, PhD, National Senior Director, Research Program Management (hjordan@liverfoundation.org) if you are interested in participating in future review cycles.

Last updated on November 13th, 2025 at 05:00 pm