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Clinical Hepatology, John G. McHutchison, MD, FRACP
Dr. McHutchison is Professor of Medicine; Director of Gastroenterology/ Hepatology Research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Dr. McHutchison has published world-wide in the field of liver diseases and on chronic hepatitis C infection. He is on the Editorial Board for Hepatology, an Associate Editor for the Journal of Hepatology, a member of the AGA Research Policy Committee, Chairman of the AASLD Clinical Research Committee, and a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians. He received his MD degree (1981) from the University of Melbourne, Australia and completed an advanced fellowship in hepatology at the University of Southern California. He was Medical Director of Liver Transplantation and head of the Hepatitis Study section at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla, California. His interests cover hepatitis C & B, ascites, noninvasive fibrosis markers, steatosis.

Medical and Research: Rodger Liddle, MD
Dr. Liddle is currently Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center and former Chief of Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Liddle received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University and performed his internship and residency in Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He was a fellow in Gastroenterology at UCSF where he also performed his postdoctoral research training. Dr. Liddle has served on the faculties of UCSF and Duke University. At Duke, Dr. Liddle has held numerous leadership positions, most recently serving as Chief of the Gastroenterology Division. Dr. Liddle is an internationally recognized investigator in the physiology of the gastrointestinal tract and has had continuous NIH funding for his research for over 20 years. He is currently an Associate Editor for Gastroenterology and is a member of the prestigious American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. Dr. Liddle is an author of over 240 textbook chapters, peer reviewed scientific articles and abstracts. Dr. Liddle has served as an industry consultant for pharmaceutical development, including Director of Nobex Corporation's Gastrointestinal Business Unit where he supervised preclinical development of two pharmaceutical programs in the areas of obesity and inflammatory bowel disease and helped design phase I, II, and III clinical programs.

Regulatory Affairs: Loren Miller, Ph.D.
Dr. Miller has more than 20 years experience in clinical regulatory affairs. He has served in several executive positions at PPD Development, LP, including Vice President, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs. Prior to joining PPD, he has held many senior and management positions in clinical research and regulatory affairs at Quintiles, Inc. and Glaxo Wellcome. After graduating from the University of Kentucky with a Ph.D., he taught at University of Kentucky Medical Center and VA Hospital as an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry. Dr. Miller is a co-author of more than 50 peer reviewed publications.

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