Thu, February 11, 2016, 4:00pm
Location:
B004E NCRC Building 16
Alcoholic liver disease represents a large and growing portion of the liver disease in the US and worldwide, and the most powerful treatment shown to improve outcomes for patients with ALD is complete abstinence from alcohol. Unfortunately, many patients with ALD continue to drink or relapse to alcohol use, even after their diagnosis, worsening liver-related outcomes and mortality. Jessica Mellinger will be speaking about her K award project to improve outcomes for patients with ALD by developing and testing a pilot intervention designed to increase engagement in alcohol use disorder treatment.