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Giada Sebastiani

Title: 
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Giada Sebastiani
Contact Information
Email address: 
giada.sebastiani [at] mcgill.ca
Degree(s): 

MD

Location: 
MUHC, Royal Victoria Hospital
Division: 
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Biography: 

Dr. Giada Sebastiani is a clinician-scientist and hepatologist. She is also an investigator at Research Institute of the 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Health Centre. Her work focuses on chronic liver diseases, fatty liver, HIV and comorbidities, non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis by Fibroscan (a new ultrasound tool) and biomarkers. She is an author of 253 publications including 104 articles in peer-reviewed journals (32 as senior/solo author, 35 as first author), 158 conference papers and 13 book chapters, which have received 4228 citations (H index 34; Google Scholar, January 2020). She has built an international profile giving over 70 invited presentations in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa. She was awarded the prestigious Clinical Research Salary Award from Fonds Recherche Sante Quebec (FRSQ). Other honors include: the honorary membership of the Romanian Association for the Study of the Liver; the Emerging Stars in Hepatology Award (Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, 2010); the Top 10 cited papers 2006-2008 Award by Journal of Hepatology - European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL). She has secured research funds, with 7 peer-reviewed grants (CIHR, CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network, Canadian Society of Transplantation, FRQS Reseau SIDA et maladies infectieuses) and several unrestrictive and competitive industry-sponsored grants. She is also a co-applicant in several CIHR funded grants, including 2 PanCanadian CIHR Team grants and a site investigator for eight global fatty liver trials with new antifibrotic agents.

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