University of California San Francisco

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Jennifer
Price
MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

Hepatology and Liver Transplantation

Department of Medicine

Address

513 Parnassus Avenue, MSB, #357M
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 415-502-1429
Fax: 415-476-0659

    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

    Clinical Trials

    1. Related Conditions: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, Steatohepatitis, HIV/AIDS, Liver Disease| Start Date: | End Date:
    2. Related Conditions: HIV/AIDS, Liver Transplant| Start Date: | End Date:
    3. Related Conditions: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, HIV/AIDS, Liver Disease| Start Date: | End Date:

    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
    • 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/NIDDK | 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

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 116
    1. Sex hormone-binding globulin levels are inversely associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in HIV-infected and –uninfected men.
      Jennifer C Price, Ruibin Wang, Eric C Seaberg, Todd T Brown, Matthew J Budoff, Lawrence A Kingsley, Frank J Palella, Mallory D Witt, Wendy S Post, Jordan E Lake, Chloe L Thio| | UCSF Research Profile
    2. Contributions of HIV, hepatitis C virus, and traditional vascular risk factors to peripheral artery disease in women.
      Cedarbaum E, Ma Y, Scherzer R, Price JC, Adimora AA, Bamman M, Cohen M, Fischl MA, Matsushita K, Ofotokun I, Plankey M, Seaberg EC, Yin MT, Grunfeld C, Vartanian S, Sharma A, Tien PC| | PubMed
    3. High Kynurenine:Tryptophan Ratio Is Associated With Liver Fibrosis in HIV-Monoinfected and HIV/Hepatitis C Virus-Coinfected Women.
      Kardashian A, Ma Y, Yin MT, Scherzer R, Nolan O, Aweeka F, Tien PC, Price JC| | PubMed
    4. Post-sustained Virologic Response Liver Stiffness May Underestimate Fibrosis After Direct Acting Antiviral-containing Therapy.
      Kardashian A, McKinney J, Huynh N, Yu R, Peters M, Catalli L, Price JC| | PubMed
    5. Su1080 – High Kynurenine:Tryptophan Ratio is Associated with Liver Fibrosis in Hiv Infection.
      Ani Kardashian, Yifei Ma, Michael T. Yin, Rebecca Scherzer, Olivia Nolan, Francesca Aweeka, Phyllis Tien, Jennifer Price| | UCSF Research Profile
    6. Sexually Acquired Hepatitis C Infection in HIV-Uninfected Men Who Have Sex With Men Using Preexposure Prophylaxis Against HIV.
      Price JC, McKinney JE, Crouch PC, Dillon SM, Radix A, Stivala A, Carollo JR, Fierer DS| | PubMed
    7. Aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index increases significantly 3 years prior to liver-related death in HIV-hepatitis-coinfected men.
      Price JC, Seaberg EC, Stosor V, Witt MD, Lellock CD, Thio CL| | PubMed
    8. A Comparison of the Liver Fat Score and CT Liver-to-Spleen Ratio as Predictors of Fatty Liver Disease by HIV Serostatus.
      Mellor-Crummey LE, Lake JE, Wilhalme H, Tseng CH, Grant PM, Erlandson KM, Price JC, Palella FJ, Kingsley LA, Budoff M, Post WS, Brown TT| | PubMed
    9. SAT-523 Sex hormone binding globulin levels are increased in HIV-infected men and are independently associated with lower odds of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease regardless of HIV serostatus.
      J. Price, R. Wang, E. Seaberg, T. Brown, M. Budoff, L. Kingsley, F.P. Jr, M. Witt, W. Post, J. Lake, C. Thio| | UCSF Research Profile
    10. Contribution of Liver Fibrosis and Microbial Translocation to Immune Activation in Persons Infected With HIV and/or Hepatitis C Virus.
      Reid M, Ma Y, Scherzer R, Price JC, French AL, Huhn GD, Plankey MW, Peters M, Grunfeld C, Tien PC| | PubMed