Liver Clinical Research Group

Liver CRG Committee Members

TitleFirst NameSurnameCommittee Position/SIG RepresentativesTerm Start DateDemit Date
DrVishalPatelBASL Research Committee Chair and BSG Liver CRG Chair20242027
ProfDebbieShawcrossBSG Research Chair & EASL Secretary General20242026
DrIanRoweBASL President, Exiting BASL Research Committee Chair and BSG Liver CRG Chair20252028
DrLynseyCorlessNIHR Gastroenterology and Hepatology Lead

ProfStuartMcPhersonBSG VP of Liver Section20252027
DrLouiseChinaBSG Liver Section Representative

SIG Leads




DrRichardParkerAlcohol-related Liver Disease Special Interest Group (ArLD)

DrJeremyCobboldBASL MASLD SIG

ProfAftab AlaRare Diseases SIG (Wilson's disease focus)

DrJeremyShearmanHaeomochromotosis sub-SIG




Alpha 1 antitrypsin sub-SIG

ProfPatrickKennedyHBV Special Interest Group (HBV)

DrPalakTrivediImmune-Mediated Liver Disease Special Interest Group (IMLD)

ProfShahid KhanCholangiocarcinoma-UK (CCA-UK)

DrAbhishekChauhanAcute Liver Failure Special Interest Group (ALF)

Dr LuciaMackenThe Palliative Hepatology SIG 

DrAileenMarshallHCC UK

ProfAlastair O'BrienPortal Hypertension Special Interest Group

ProfRajivJalanAcute on Chronic Liver Failure Special Interest Group (ACLF)







ProfSumitaVermaRCSH, Brighton

DrAhmedElsharkawyUniversity Hospital Birmingham

DrDavidPatchRoyal Free Hospital, London

ProfDhirajTripathiUniversity Hospital Birmingham

DrMattArmstrongUniversity Hospital Birmingham

ProfEllieBarnesOxford University Hopsital

ProfJohnDillonDundee, Scotland

DrAndrewYeomanNewport, Gwent, Wales

ProfQuentinAnsteeNewcastle's Freeman Hospital

DrMarkMcPhailKing's College Hospital

DrPaulRichardsonLiverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust

DrEdwardBrittonLiverpool

ProfPhilipNewsomeDirector, Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies

ProfRajMookerjeeRoyal Free Hospital, London

ProfEmmanouilTsochatzisRoyal Free Hospital, London

ProfMark ThurszImperial College London, St Mary's Hospital

DrOliver TavabieBSG Research Scholar; The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

DrAshwinDhandaDerriford Hospital, Plymouth

ProfEwan ForestNHS Greater Glasgow

ProfMatthew CrampDerriford Hospital, Plymouth

Dr MikeAllisonCambridge Liver Unit, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge

DrNaaventhanPalaniyappanUniversity of Nottingham 

Dr UpkarGillQueen Mary University | Royal London Hospital, London

ProfJonathanFallowfieldChair of Translational Liver Research & Principal Investigator; Uni of Edinburgh

Dr NeilRajoriyaTransplant Hepatologist at The Liver Unit, Birmingham

DrJamesFerguson


DrPrakashRamachandranEdinburgh, Scotland

DrArjunaSinganayagam St George’s Hospital, London

DrDinaMansourBSG Deputy VP Hepatology, Gateshead, Newcastle

Dr JayPatelBedford Hospital

Dr BrianHoganRoyal Free Hospital, London

DrRohitSahaRoyal Free Hospital, London

DrGautamMehtaUCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health

Trainees




DrWenhaoLiToRCH Trainee rep, Queen Mary University | Royal London Hospital, London

DrKaterinaPekarskaBSG Liver Section Trainee Rep, Secretary for Yorkshire & Humber Gastro Research Network

Dr Roosey SethLiver Trainee, St Mary's Hospital, London

DrEmanuellaMaxanLiver Trainee, King's College Hospital

Nurses




MsBethiaFeatherstoneCommunity Liver Specialist Nurse

DrGerriMortimoreResearch Nursing Rep - Associate Professor, HPSC, University of Derby

DrKathryn JackClinical Lead for Nursing Research and Innovation, Nottingham Research Nursing Rep

MsAneZamalloaSenior Liver Research Nurse, King's College Hospital

MsDianneBackhouseLead Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Ms ShellieRadfordAssistant Professor/Senior Research Fellow. Nottingham 

AHPs




DrFelicityWilliamsAHP - Physiotherapist, University Hospital Birmingham

Charities and funding bodies




MsVanessaHebditchDirector of Communications & Policy, British Liver Trust

MrJamesPoyntonFoundation for Liver Research | Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies

BSG and BASL office




MissLucy KwapisiewiczBSG Head of Committee Services

Ms KateFerdinandBSG Research Committee Officer

MsJudy HawksworthBASL Secretariat