"Hiring and Manging Your Research Team"

Speakers:

Amit Singal, M.D., M.S.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases
Medical Director, Liver Tumor Program
Chief of Hepatology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Hao Zhu, M.D.
Professor, Children's Medical Center Research Institute, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics
UT Southestern Medical Center

About Amit Singal:

Dr. Singal earned his medical degree at the University of Michigan. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Washington and then received advanced training in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology through separate fellowships at the University of Michigan. 

Dr. Singal’s research focuses on diagnosing and treating liver cancer before it becomes incurable. He has received has received Investigator Awards from the International Liver Cancer Association and the American Gastroenterological Association, and also received the Blue Faery Award for Excellence in Liver Cancer Research from the Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association, a liver cancer patient advocacy group.

About Hao Zhu:

Dr. Zhu received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Duke University, and earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received training in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and in medical oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. From 2008 to 2012, Dr. Zhu performed postdoctoral research at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he explored connections among RNA biology, cancer, and regeneration in mouse models.

The Zhu's research focuses on understanding the relationship between injury, regeneration, and cancer. Specifically, he is investigating the genes and mechanisms that regulate regenerative capacity in the liver and understanding how these contribute to hepatocellular carcinoma development.