About Storr Liver Centre
The Storr Liver Centre at the Westmead Institute researches how liver diseases and liver cancer develop at a molecular and cellular level. Our goal is to find ways to prevent these diseases or develop treatments that can cure them.
Diseases we research
- Liver cancer
- Viral hepatitis B and C
- Metabolic liver disease.
Our research focus
We research all aspects of liver disease through basic, translational and clinical research.
Our work includes:
- liver cancer
- metabolic liver disease
- genetics of liver disease
- viral hepatitis
- liver immunology
- liver injury and fibrosis
- drug metabolism and disposition.
We also study:
- Bioinformatics of human liver and metabolic diseases.
- The natural history and outcomes of liver disease.
- Clinical trials for treatments for viral hepatitis, metabolic liver disease and liver cancer.
Our Storr Liver Centre team
Professor Jacob George - Head of Department - Storr Clinical Director
Phone: (02) 8890 7705
Janine Murray - Secretary to Professor George
Phone: (02) 8890 7705
Anita Kanagasundaram - Program Operations Manager
Phone: (02) 8890 9606
Mobile: 0419 572 478