Director, NAFLD Research Center,
University of California at San Diego
Dr. Loomba is Professor of Medicine (with tenure) in the Division of Gastroenterology, and Adjunct Professor in the Division of Epidemiology at University of California, San Diego. He is a leading expert in translational research and innovative clinical trial design in NAFLD and NASH. Dr. Loomba is the founding director of the UCSD NAFLD Translational Research Unit where his team is conducting cutting edge research in all aspects of NAFLD including non-invasive biomarkers, genetics, epidemiology, clinical trial design, imaging end-points, and integrated OMICs using microbiome, metabolome and lipidome. He follows one of the largest cohorts of well-characterized patients with NAFLD and applies evidence-based medicine to answer clinically relevant questions to improve management of patients with chronic liver disease. Dr. Loomba is an elected member of the board of directors of the American Liver Foundation. He serves as the co-chair of the Research Award Panel for the American Liver Foundation. In addition, he serves on various committees of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). He serves on the editorial board of several leading journals, and is the Associate Editor for Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, a leading journal in the field of Gastroenterology.