Current innovative projects include research to develop

Laboratory Research:

1. Development of new diagnostic tests
2. Pilot study for mechanism for reduction in the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.
3. Pilot study Innate Immune Response in Viral Hepatitis
4. Recently established Hepatitis E Viral Program which includes HEV RNA Quantitation, HEV antigen, IgG/IgM for HEV, PI initiated
5. Studies to identify clinical and genetic factors that can be used to identify patients with liver disease that are most at risk for poor clinical outcomes including the development of liver cancers (project funded by the state of Florida).
6. Liver on chip platforms to model hepatic disease
7. Stem cell derived hepatocytes as a therapeutic agent