The SOCIAL-Tx is a multi-centered, investigator-initiated study being conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Seattle Children's Hospital, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory Healthcare, and Stanford Children's Health. These researchers are collecting data on pediatric liver transplant recipients to assess for the social determinants of health and the impact of social risk on outcomes after transplant.
Dr. Sharad Wadhwani from UCSF is the Principal Investigator of the SOCIAL-Tx study.
SOCIAL-Tx Participating Sites
- Kathleen Campbell, MD, Associate Professor, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics
- Noelle Ebel, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford Children's Health, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Nitika Gupta, MBBS, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory Healthcare, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Evelyn Hsu, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Jim Squires, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Department
Coordinating Center Study Team
- Sharad, Wadhwani, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator
- Bethany Bautista, Study Coordinator
- Andrea Huerta, Study Coordinator
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Our Team
Sharad, Wadhwani, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Bethany Bautista
Study Coordinator
Andrea Huerta
Study Coordinator