POLICY PERSPECTIVE FROM GLI CEO & PRESIDENT: Trumpcare = Predicate for Tax Reform With Republicans in the White House and holding majorities in both houses of Congress it seemed that nothing...
April Health Policy Update
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Global Liver Institute
Donna Cryer
Donna R. Cryer, JD is Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Liver Institute, the only patient-driven liver health nonprofit operating across the US, EU, and UK. GLI convenes the NASH, Liver Cancer and Pediatric and Rare Liver Disease Councils, as well as the Liver Action Network, collectively more than 200 organizations.
A Fourth Pillar of Liver Cancer Care
Our March LiverMatters blog highlights how innovation is creating new options for treating liver cancer, in fact establishing an entirely new approach through interventional radiology....
The Hidden Epidemic of NASH and Liver Fibrosis
This month’s LiverMatters post welcomes the GLI community to 2017 with new liver health stories and inspirations. Since most of us have “lose weight” as our #1 New Year’s resolution, we thought we...
Remember Children with Liver Disease This Holiday Season
This month’s LiverMatters post is authored by a world renowned expert in pediatric liver disease. Dr. Kathleen Schwarz is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of...
Learning From Livers: The Power of Passion to Fuel Our Work and Life
Amita Shukla is a founding board member of the Global Liver Institute. She is an innovator and entrepreneur focused on creating transformative innovations for human health, well-being, and...
Something Truly Scary: Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
This month’s blog post is presented by Dr. Dennis Cryer, GLI Board Member, Chief Medical Officer of CryerHealth, and a former faculty member of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. His...
Hepatitis Community Launches NOhep, a Global Movement to Eliminate Viral Hepatitis
The Global Liver Institute is a proud member of the World Hepatitis Alliance and we are excited to present this challenge from Raquel Peck, the Executive Director and CEO of WHA, to every...
Start Taking Disease Stigma Seriously–Here’s Why…
This month we are honored to provide a platform for Daniel Dawes, JD, Executive Director for Government Policy and External Affairs at Morehouse School of Medicine, home of The Kennedy...
GLI Featured at White House Organ Summit
Global Liver Institute, Sibley/Johns Hopkins Medicine and Astellas Among Transplant Innovators Featured at White House Organ Summit Washington, DC — On Monday, June 13, in recognition of the severe...
Collaborating to Raise the Patient Voice
“At this year’s digestive disease week in San Diego, CA, one of the original transplant surgeons regaled me with tales from the early 90s as he discussed navigating initial clinical skepticism,...
Recent News
The Quiet Threat of Fatty Liver in Lean Individuals
The Quiet Threat of Fatty Liver in Lean Individuals Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD or more recently metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, MASLD) has long been associated with obesity, but researchers are beginning to look into the trend...
Nourishing Insights into Pediatric Fatty Liver Disease
Nourishing Insights into Pediatric Fatty Liver DiseaseOver the past decade, the prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD, previously known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/NAFLD) in children has seen a concerning rise. Pediatric...
Biomarker identified for infants with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency – Pediatric & Rare Liver Diseases News
New App Helps Predict Pediatric Transplant Need Research and innovation hub at the BARE Symposium in Stanford, CA The GLI Pediatric and Rare Liver Diseases team was thrilled to attend the BARE Symposium on May 10-11, 2024. It was a fantastic opportunity...
The Build-Up to Global Fatty Liver Day – Fatty Liver Disease News
June 13 is Global Fatty Liver Day June 13 marks Global Fatty Liver Day, and the time to act is NOW! With conditions like obesity and diabetes increasing the risk for fatty liver disease, early screening is crucial to prevent serious complications like cirrhosis...
Deploying Solutions: How Can Veterans Manage Fatty Liver
Deploying Solutions: How Can Veterans Manage Fatty LiverUnderstanding Fatty Liver Disease Fatty liver disease includes a spectrum of liver conditions characterized by excess fat accumulation in the liver of individuals. It encompasses a range of conditions, from...