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Dr. McHutchison is a professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center, and since 2002, has served as director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute’s Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research division. Dr. McHutchison is a distinguished GI and liver disease researcher, having conducted over 100 clinical studies as a principal investigator, and authored more than 150 papers on hepatitis and related topics in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. McHutchison’s clinical and research interests relate to chronic viral hepatitis B and C, ascites, noninvasive fibrosis markers, steatosis, and the immunopathogenesis of these diseases. He previously served as an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Southern California and Medical Director for Liver Transplantation at Scripps Clinic after leaving his native Australia. He sits on many advisory committees where he provides independent and academic reviews of clinical studies and development plans. He also participates on a variety of committees and editorial boards, including those of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the University of Melbourne Medical School, the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom, and the journals Hepatology, Hepatology Reviews, Nature Gastroenterology, and the Journal of Hepatology (where he also serves as an associate editor). He currently chairs the American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) clinical research committee and is a member of the AASLD nominating committee. | 