ALF Announces 2003 Research Award WinnersAmerican Liver Foundation The American Liver Foundation recently announced the winners of its 2003 Research Awards program. Since it began funding research, the American Liver Foundation has awarded $13 million in grants. This year, in addition to the ongoing grants that are being funded, the ALF will be funding four new Hepatology Seed Grants, four new Liver Scholars, seven new Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, and six new Student Research Fellowships.  The winners in each category are: Liver Scholars - $150,000 Dympna Kelly, MCh, FRCSI - University of Pittsburgh Mauricio Laureiro-Silva, MD - Yale University School of Medicine Kui Li, MD, PhD - University of Texas Medical Branch Natalie Nieto, PhD - Mount Sinai School of Medicine Hepatology Seed Grantees - $100,000 Jorge Bezerra, MD - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Chen Liu, MD, PhD - University of Florida College of Medicine Thalachallour Mohanakumar, DVM, PhD - Washington University Marion Peters, MD - University of California, San Francisco Postdoctoral Research Fellows - $10,000 Jeffrey Browning, MD - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Mindy I. Davis, PhD - California Insitute of Technology Wen-Xing Ding, PhD - University of Pittsburgh Cynthia Levy, MD - Mayo Clinic Suheeta Roy, PhD - Albert Einstein College of Medicine Nicholas A. Shackel, PhD - Duke University Medical Center Junlan Zhang, MD, PhD - University of Alabama Student Research Fellows - $2,500 George Z. Cheng - Mount Sinai School of Medicine Phillip Horne - The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health Annie J. Hsu - University of California, Berkeley Asmeen M. Jahan, MBBS - Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Jennifer Layden-Almer - University of Illinois at Chicago Souvik Sarkar - Albert Einstein College of medicine Congratulations to our 2003 winners!
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