Vivian Cong

Dr. Cong has 12 years of research experience in metabolic diseases including diabetes, obesity, fatty liver disease and NASH. She was a pioneer in the field of NASH having established one of the first comprehensive and predictive animal models to assess development of fatty liver disease and NASH and has authored or co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed articles in metabolic diseases and NASH. She has also had extensive experience in metabolic alterations in neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Cong conducted her postdoctoral training at the Hospital for Sick Children in Canada and was a research fellow at the US National Institute on Aging where she worked closely with Dr. Josephine Egan, the investigator responsible for first describing the GLP-1 receptor as a promising therapeutic target.