Dr. Torok is a Professor in the School of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. She graduated from the Semmelweis University, and completed both her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Gastroenterology/Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. She was a Professor at UC Davis and chief of Hepatology at the Northern California VA before joining Stanford in 2018.
Her research is supported by NIH and VA grants.

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Koshi Kunimoto received MD and PhD from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in Japan. He worked as a hepatologist and a gastroenterologist in Kyoto prefectural university hospital for several years. As a basic scientist, he worked on liver regeneration, kidney development, and cilia-related disease including airway diseases. Now his research interest is shifting to more translational research as well as to new drug development of liver diseases such as ASH and NASH. Outside the lab, he enjoys playing tennis with his whole family.

Yuan Li received her medical bachelor degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, and her PhD degree in Toxicology from University of Kansas Medical Center. She is mainly interested in the contribution of NASH to the microenvironment of liver tumorigenesis and metastasis. In her spare time she likes to explore new restaurants in the city.    

WeiguoFan’s research focuses on liver diseases. He got his PhD degree in virology and immune response at InstitutPasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The two main projects during his PhD program were: 1) explore the relation between the immune response in Hepatitis C virus infection and Interferon treatment; and 2) investigate the function of ECM1 in liver fibrosis. As a postdoc in Stanford, he will try to integrate basic and translational liver research and focus on: 1) investigate molecular functions of liver immune cells in liver disease; 2) explore key factors determining the change of liver microenvironment that cause liver diseases; 3) use new techniques, such as next-generation sequencing, RNAseqor signal cell sequencing, to explore key factors affecting liver disease and treatment in patients.

Hyesuk got the Master degree in Molecular biology at the Kyung-Hee University in Korea. She is an experienced research assistant with rich experience in analyzed T cell infiltrating the CNS by flow Cytometry and cell culture. She has studied how  LeuCAG3’tsRNA binds to RPS28 mRNA and enhances its translation by Western blotting. She worked with mammalian cell cultures and Isolation of BMDC & bone marrow macrophages. She performed bone marrow DC culture, transduction. She enjoys watching movies.

Adrian received his bachelors degree in Human Physiology from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. He has been working in clinical research since 2019, and has enjoyed learning about various medical specialties including Hepatology, GI, Sleep Medicine, and Neurology. In his free time he volunteers at Ravenswood Family Health Center and loves to surf. Adrian hopes to one day become a physician leveraging his research background to design clinical studies to improve patient health.

Chandarani Shinde is a foreign trained MD. She practiced as a Physician for few years and then moved to Clinical Research field. She is now a Clinical Research professional working as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Stanford School of Medicine in Gastroenterology and Hepatology division. She is very much passionate about working towards new innovative therapies for the unmet medical needs for millions of people all around the world.