Manali Dimri

Augusta University, Georgia Cancer Center

Dr. Manali Dimri is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University. Her most recent work involves identifying novel cytokines and transcription factors and investigating their specific function in liver and adipose tissues. With the combination of these investigations, she aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of their potential involvement in the initiation and progression of liver cancer and obesity-associated fatty liver disease. In August 2015, Dr. Dimri received her PhD from the Defense Research and Development Organization, affiliated with Delhi University in India followed by postdoctoral research at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. At Cleveland Clinic, she used multidisciplinary approaches to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of human liver diseases, including biliary atresia and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Dr. Dimri's research has been published in leading journals in the field, including Hepatology, and featured in invited conferences globally, including Australia, Hong-Kong, Japan, India and the United States.