Prof. Jeffrey V. Lazarus (PhD, MIH, MA) is a distinguished researcher and advocate in liver health with multiple international academic appointments. He is a professor of global health at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy in New York City, and research professor and head of the Public Health Liver Group at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Additionally, he is an affiliated professor at the University of Copenhagen’s WHO Collaborating Centre for research and training in the patient perspective on medicines use and an adjunct professor in the Liver Unit at Mt. Sinai, New York.

Prof. Lazarus leads the Healthy Livers, Healthy Lives coalition, which oversees World Liver Day and brings together AASLD, ALEH, APASL, EASL and SOLDA. He is also the director for the Global Think-Tank on Steatotic Liver Disease and of the MASH Cities initiative, and sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Hepatology and Liver International. In 2023, he received the American Liver Foundation Distinguished Scientific Achievement award and in 2024 was named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher.