Biography
Dr. Jennifer Cohen Price is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and hepatologist, specializing in treating patients needing liver transplants. Her research interests include liver disease in HIV infection, the natural history and treatment of viral hepatitis, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Dr. Price received her medical degree at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2004. She continued her medical training at Johns Hopkins, where she completed her residency, gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship, and transplant hepatology fellowship. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Dr. Price is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and gastroenterology.
Education
| Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Fellowship in Gastroenterology | Department of Medicine | |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Fellowship in Transplant Hepatology | Department of Medicine | |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Internship and Residency | Department of Medicine | |
| Johns Hopkins University | Ph.D. | Bloomberg School of Public Health | |
| Johns Hopkins University | M.D. | School of Medicine | |
| Stanford University | B.A. |
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
Awards & Honors
| Award | Conferred By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | 2016 |
| ACG Junior Faculty Development Award | American College of Gastroenterology | 2015 |
| Gilead Research Scholars Program in HIV | Gilead Sciences | 2015 |
| UCSF Hellman Fellows Award | Hellman Fellows Fund | 2015 |
| Pilot Award Program in HIV/AIDS | UCSF Resource Allocation Program | 2014 |
| ACG Clinical Research Pilot Award | American College of Gastroenterology | 2012 |
| Clinical Research Scholars KL2 Award | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | 2009 |
| Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Fellow | Johns Hopkins Hospital | 2008 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | 2004 |
| W. Bradford Patterson Fellowship | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 1999 |
| Phi Beta Kappa | Stanford University | 1999 |
Clinical Expertise
Alcoholic Liver Disease
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Cirrhosis
Drug-Induced Hepatitis
Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Hemochromatosis
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
Liver Transplantation
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Polycystic Liver Disease
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Program Affiliations
UCSF Liver Center
Grants and Funding
- San Francisco Bay Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) | NIH | 2007-03-02 - 2027-11-30 | Role: Co-Investigator
- Epidemiology of diet, metabolism and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Hispanic/Latino adults | NIH | 2023-09-15 - 2026-07-31 | Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- SF Bay Area MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study | NIH | 2019-04-01 - 2026-03-31 | Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Ancillary Studies of NAFLD and NASH in HIV infected Adults | NIH | 2020-03-21 - 2025-01-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
Research Interests
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Liver injury and repair (Liver transplantation)
Liver disease and HIV
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Viral hepatitis
Publications
- Non-Hispanic Black Persons With HIV Have a Lower Risk of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Clinically Significant Fibrosis Compared to Non-Hispanic White and Hispanic Individuals.| |
PubMed
- Social needs screening in hepatology clinic: a qualitative study of patient experience.| |
PubMed
- Rapid hepatitis C test and treat with peer support at opioid treatment programs (RAPID HCV): a hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 1 randomized control trial.| |
PubMed
- Performance Evaluation of the Xpert® HCV test on Fingerstick Blood in a Prospective Observational Clinical Study at CLIA-Waived Sites in the United States.| |
PubMed
- Immune profiling links autoimmune hepatitis to human herpesvirus 6 and relaxin receptor antigens.| |
PubMed
- The Obstacle is the Way: Finding a Path to Hepatitis C Elimination.| |
PubMed
- Assessment of RNA at SVR4 and Treatment Completion as Alternative Measures of Hepatitis C Cure for People Who Inject Drugs.| |
PubMed
- Erratum: Microbial translocation and gut damage is associated with hepatic fibrosis but not steatosis in women with and without HIV.| |
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- The association of steatotic liver disease with cardiometabolic criteria and cardiovascular disease risk in a large cohort of people living with human immunodeficiency virus.| | UCSF Research Profile
- The association of steatotic liver disease with cardiometabolic criteria and cardiovascular disease risk in a large cohort of people living with human immunodeficiency virus.| |
PubMed