The Center for Hepatitis Research comprises a productive and interactive group of investigators representing multiple scientific disciplines who conduct an integrated program of investigation related to viral hepatitis. Research activities within the center span a wide range of basic studies of the fundamental properties of hepatitis viruses and their mechanisms of replication, virus–host interactions with the hepatocyte, host immune responses to hepatitis viruses, and more applied studies related to the discovery and evaluation of novel therapies for hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Support for the center includes a pivotal Cooperative Hepatitis C Research Center grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, most recently competitively renewed in 2005.

The center maintains active collaborative research efforts with leading hepatitis research groups at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

The aims of the Center are to continue developing active seminar programs and facilitate new collaborations and grants and involvement on the national level.

Center Administration:

Director: Stanley M. Lemon, M.D.
Associate Director: Steven A. Weinman, M.D., Ph.D.