Professor William Sievert
Dr. William Sievert is Program Director, Specialty Medicine at Monash Health in Melbourne and a Professor in the Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. He was recently appointed as Director of Clinical Research at Monash Health and is a past President of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia. He trained in medicine and gastroenterology at the University of Texas Health Science Centre in Houston, Texas. Professor Sievert directs an active research program in liver disease comprising physician-scientists, clinical research nurses, biomedical scientists and research students. The Clinical Research Unit has been active for many years in international and national studies of therapy for viral hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma and more recently non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The clinical research programs are integrated with the provision of care for a large population of patients with chronic liver disease. Dr. Sievert also directs a basic research laboratory investigating mechanisms of inflammatory liver injury and hepatic fibrogenesis, with a translational focus on the development of antifibrotic agents for advanced liver disease including stem cell-based therapies.
(Sun 13:30-15:20 Waianbah Room) Session 7: Liver - Fibrosis & Other
(13:30-13:45) Clinical Intro - Liver Fibrosis: Targets and Trials
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