Chiung-Kuei Huang, known as CK, obtained his PhD from the University of Rochester completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University. His long-term career goals are to clarify the molecular pathogenesis of liver disease progression with a specific focus on alcoholic liver disease and identify potential therapeutic targets for these patients. During his off-work hours, he likes to spend time with family, watch movies, swim and jog.

Yasaman Hemmat is a graduate of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and attended Tulane for a psychiatry residency. Her areas of interest include perinatal and immigrant mental health. At Tulane, she plans to provide psychiatric consultation for the Louisiana Mental Health Perinatal Partnership as well as outpatient care in the community.

Shengmin Yan has a broad background in liver diseases, with specific training and expertise in hepatotoxicity, fatty liver diseases, gut-liver interaction and laboratory medicine. Yan's research includes basic and translational research in obesity, nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD), alcoholic fatty liver diseases, drug-induced liver injury and environmental hepatotoxicity.