Jidong Jia MD, PhD

Jidong Jia, MD, PhD, is a Hepatologist and Director of the Liver Research Centre at the Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital University in Beijing, China. He is also the immediate past President of the Chinese Society of Hepatology, Past President of  APASL (2009-2010), and Vice President of IASL. Dr Jia also serves as associate editor for the Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hepatology International, and Liver International. His clinical interests include chronic viral hepatitis and autoimmune liver diseases. His research work is mainly on cellular and molecular biology of the extracellular matrix of the liver and the pathogenesis and therapeutic study of experimental liver fibrosis.