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Northwestern Pepper Center, OAIC National Coordinating Center, and the Aging Initiative are pleased to present Pepper Center Rounds. Pepper Center Rounds are a venue to showcase high-quality research from scholars across the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers network. Please, join us!

“Frailty in Cirrhosis: From Integration to Intervention to Innovation”

Jennifer C. Lai, MD, MBA, PNS

Hepatology | Liver Transplant | Physician Nutrition Specialist

Professor of Medicine, In Residence

Endowed Professorship of Liver Health and Transplantation

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Dr. Lai is a general/transplant hepatologist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and holds the Endowed Professorship of Liver Health and Transplantation.  Her mission is to improve the lives of patients with end-stage liver disease both at an individual level—through exceptional patient-centered care—and at a system-wide level—through rigorous clinical investigation and effective dissemination of impactful research.  Her research lies at the intersection of hepatology, liver transplantation, and geriatrics, focusing on the application of aging research principles to the care of liver transplant patients across their life-long journey from diagnosis of advanced chronic liver disease through long after liver transplantation.  Dr. Lai is principal investigator of the NIH-funded Multi-Center Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study.