Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Medicine
·
2021 - Present
Medicine, Gastroenterology,
Medicine
Recent Scholarly Works
Age and sex influence transcriptomic responses to statin therapy that control liver aging during systemic metabolic dysfunction.
Journal article Hepatology · November 1, 2026 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Older age increases susceptibility to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), but whether it impacts response to therapies, and how the therapies impact regulators of biological aging, are poorly understood. S ... Full text Link to item CiteZinc-dependent RNA-binding protein controls hepatocyte senescence and recovery from alcohol-related liver failure.
Journal article Gut · October 7, 2026 BACKGROUND: Why alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) resolves after abstinence in most people but progresses to liver failure in others remains poorly understood. Experimental models show that increased exposure to proinflammatory cytokines exacerbates A ... Full text Link to item CiteHepatocyte hedgehog signaling controls ferroptosis to alleviate aging-related organ dysfunction.
Journal article JCI Insight · July 22, 2026 Aging drives systemic metabolic dysfunction (SMD) and increases the risk of chronic illnesses such as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, mechanisms that connect aging to multiorgan de ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
TNF alpha and Recovery from Alcoholic Liver Injury
ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism · 2014 - 2030Heterochronic hepatocyte transplantation to rejuvenate the aged liver
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026Phase 1: Development of a Dual Chemokine CCL2/CCL5 Neutralizing Single-domain Antibody for Treating Non-alcoholic Steatoheptitis
ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Oncotrap, Inc. · 2023 - 2025View All Grants
Education
Okayama University (Japan) ·
1999
Ph.D.