Dr. Anna Diehl

Biography

Anna Mae Diehl is the Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Duke University, where she leads research on liver injury and repair mechanisms. Her work focuses on the regulation of these processes through various models, including cultured cells and animal models, to understand acute and chronic liver damage. Diehl's research group is actively engaged in clinical trials involving patients with chronic liver disease, with a particular emphasis on fatty liver diseases such as alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). She has contributed to advancing the understanding of the immune system's role in liver injury and regeneration, as well as the involvement of fetal morphogens and the hedgehog pathway in fibrotic responses to liver damage. Her basic research has received continuous support from the NIH since 1989, and she welcomes students and post-doctoral fellows interested in training and collaboration. Diehl is also a key participant in the NIDDK-funded Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network, which includes a consortium of eight medical centers dedicated to creating a national registry for NAFLD and conducting multicenter treatment trials. Her academic pedigree includes an M.D. from Georgetown University and advanced training at Johns Hopkins University.

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