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Ramsey CheungAcademic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Associate Professor - Med Center Line
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Postdoctoral Advisees
Walter Park
Research Interests
Dr. Cheung's research interests focus on liver diseases, with emphasis on hepatitis viruses. His past research utilized the duck animal model to study the mechanism of viral neutralization of hepatitis B virus at the molecular level. Recently, Dr. Cheung has directed his research interest to hepatitis C (HCV). He plans to use molecular biology approaches to study clinical samples from chronic hepatitis C patients and investigate the host-virus interaction. As part of his study, Dr. Cheung is currently investigating HCV genetic diversity among veterans in various populations. The ultimate goal is to understand the epidemiology of HCV transmission, its pathogenesis and viral features predicting favorable response to immune modulation. Dr. Cheung is also investigating the interaction between hepatitic C infection and alcoholic cirrhosis, and the role of therapeutic interventions.
Publications
- Cheung RC, Currie S, Shen H, Bini EJ, Ho SB, Anand BS, Hu KQ, Wright TL, Morgan TR "Can We Predict the Degree of Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Using Routine Blood Tests in Our Daily Practice?" J Clin Gastroenterol 2008; More »
- Kamal A, Cheung R "Positive CAGE Screen Correlates with Cirrhosis in Veterans with Chronic Hepatitis C." Dig Dis Sci 2007; More »
- Huang H, Shiffman ML, Friedman S, Venkatesh R, Bzowej N, Abar OT, Rowland CM, Catanese JJ, Leong DU, Sninsky JJ, Layden TJ, Wright TL, White T, Cheung RC "A 7 gene signature identifies the risk of developing cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C." Hepatology 2007; 46: 2: 297-306 More »
- Lim JK, Cronkite R, Goldstein MK, Cheung RC "The Impact of Chronic Hepatitis C and Comorbid Psychiatric Illnesses on Health-related Quality of Life." J Clin Gastroenterol 2006; 40: 6: 528-534 More »
- He XS, Ji X, Hale MB, Cheung R, Ahmed A, Guo Y, Nolan GP, Pfeffer LM, Wright TL, Risch N, Tibshirani R, Greenberg HB "Global transcriptional response to interferon is a determinant of HCV treatment outcome and is modified by race." Hepatology 2006; 44: 2: 352-359 More »
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