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News & Highlights

• Dr. Jacquelyn Maher, along with co-investigators Mandana Khalili, Alex Monto, Jay Ryan and Holger Willenbring, was awarded a 2-year grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to collect biological specimens from patients with liver disease for the generation of disease-specific stem cells. This collaborative effort involves the GI Divisions at all 3 UCSF campuses. May 2013
  
• Dr. Jennifer Lai has received a UCSF RAP Pilot award for junior investigators in clinical/translational research. May 2013
  
• Dr. Jonathan Terdiman has been elected to the prestigious UCSF Council of Master Clinicians. May 2013
  

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Varun Saxena was awarded the “Rising Star” award for this year’s International Liver Transplant Society conference in Sydney. The award recognizes his research work in "Gender Differences Among Hepatitis C-Infected Liver Transplant Recipients on Protease Inhibitor Triple Therapy."