Biography
Dr. Jennifer Cohen Price is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and hepatologist, specializing in treating patients needing liver transplants. Her research interests include liver disease in HIV infection, the natural history and treatment of viral hepatitis, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Dr. Price received her medical degree at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2004. She continued her medical training at Johns Hopkins, where she completed her residency, gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship, and transplant hepatology fellowship. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Dr. Price is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and gastroenterology.
Education
| Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Fellowship in Gastroenterology | Department of Medicine | |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Fellowship in Transplant Hepatology | Department of Medicine | |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Internship and Residency | Department of Medicine | |
| Johns Hopkins University | Ph.D. | Bloomberg School of Public Health | |
| Johns Hopkins University | M.D. | School of Medicine | |
| Stanford University | B.A. | 
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
Awards & Honors
| Award | Conferred By | Date | 
|---|---|---|
| Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | 2016 | 
| ACG Junior Faculty Development Award | American College of Gastroenterology | 2015 | 
| Gilead Research Scholars Program in HIV | Gilead Sciences | 2015 | 
| UCSF Hellman Fellows Award | Hellman Fellows Fund | 2015 | 
| Pilot Award Program in HIV/AIDS | UCSF Resource Allocation Program | 2014 | 
| ACG Clinical Research Pilot Award | American College of Gastroenterology | 2012 | 
| Clinical Research Scholars KL2 Award | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | 2009 | 
| Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Fellow | Johns Hopkins Hospital | 2008 | 
| Alpha Omega Alpha | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | 2004 | 
| W. Bradford Patterson Fellowship | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 1999 | 
| Phi Beta Kappa | Stanford University | 1999 | 
Clinical Expertise
Alcoholic Liver Disease
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Cirrhosis
Drug-Induced Hepatitis
Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Hemochromatosis
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
Liver Transplantation
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Polycystic Liver Disease
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Clinical Trials
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in HIV Database (NCT05023044)Related Conditions: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, Steatohepatitis, HIV/AIDS, Liver Disease, Immunodeficiency| Start Date: | End Date:
- Related Conditions: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, HIV/AIDS, Liver Disease, Immunodeficiency| Start Date: | End Date:
Program Affiliations
UCSF Liver Center
In the News
Grants and Funding
- San Francisco Bay Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) | NIH | 2007-03-02 - 2027-11-30 | Role: Co-Investigator
- SF Bay Area MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study | NIH | 2019-04-01 - 2026-03-31 | Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Ancillary Studies of NAFLD and NASH in HIV infected Adults | NIH/NIDDK | 2020-03-21 - 2025-01-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
Research Interests
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Liver injury and repair (Liver transplantation)
Liver disease and HIV
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Viral hepatitis
Publications
- Noninvasive Markers of Hepatic Steatosis and Fibrosis Following Integrase Strand-Transfer Inhibitor Initiation in Women With HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- State-of-the-Art Review: Hepatitis C.| | PubMed PubMed
- Weight gain in infancy and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in a prospective birth cohort of Latino children.| | PubMed PubMed
- The association of food insecurity with hepatic steatosis in women with and without HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- Poor sleep and hepatic steatosis contribute to poorer quality of life in people with human immunodeficiency virus.| | PubMed PubMed
- Magnetic resonance evaluation of three-dimensional liver fat fraction by hepatitis C status and associations with inflammatory cytokines.| | PubMed PubMed
- Feasible and acceptable social drivers of health screening among patients with chronic liver disease.| | PubMed PubMed
- FRI-285 A novel quintuplex long-amplicon droplet digital PCR assay reveals greater quantities of hepatitis B virus splice variants in people with HBV/HIV co-infection compared to HBV mono- infection.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Update on hepatitis C virus management.| | PubMed PubMed
- Microbial translocation and gut damage is associated with hepatic fibrosis but not steatosis in women with and without HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- Facilitating access to direct-acting antivirals in a community-based point-of-diagnosis model for hepatitis C treatment: The role of the pharmacy team in the no one waits (NOW) study.| | PubMed PubMed
- HepB-CpG vs HepB-Alum Vaccine in People With HIV and Prior Vaccine Nonresponse: The BEe-HIVe Randomized Clinical Trial.| | PubMed PubMed
- A single-site randomized controlled trial of partner navigation to HCV treatment for people who inject drugs: a study protocol for the You're Empowered for Treatment Initiation (YETI) partner trial.| | PubMed PubMed
- Primary Care Screening for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Among People With HIV in the United States: A Real-World Provider Survey.| | PubMed PubMed
- The prevalence and correlates of biomarker positive unhealthy alcohol use among women living with and without HIV in San Francisco, California.| | PubMed PubMed
- Relationships Between Hepatic Steatosis and Frailty Differ by HIV Serostatus.| | PubMed PubMed
- MASLD in people with HIV exhibits higher fibrosis stage despite lower disease activity than in matched controls.| | PubMed PubMed
- Use of HBsAg-positive donors in liver transplantation: An ILTS-EASL-AASLD multisociety survey.| | PubMed PubMed
- Best practices for hepatitis C linkage to care in pregnant and postpartum women: perspectives from the Treatment In Pregnancy for Hepatitis C Community of Practice.| | PubMed PubMed
- A framework for approaching hepatitis C reinfection in people who use drugs.| | PubMed PubMed
- The Obstacle is the Way: Finding a Path to Hepatitis C Elimination.| | PubMed PubMed
- The obstacle is the way: Finding a path to hepatitis C elimination.| | PubMed PubMed
- Association of Androgen Hormones, Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin, and the Menopausal Transition With Incident Diabetes Mellitus in Women With and Without HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- Screening for social determinants of health among populations at risk for MASLD: a scoping review.| | PubMed PubMed
- Effects of Food Insecurity on Hepatic Steatosis and Fibrosis in People With HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- Microbial Translocation and Gut Damage Are Associated With an Elevated Fast Score in Women Living With and Without HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- Staff-Facilitated Telemedicine Care Delivery for Treatment of Hepatitis C Infection among People Who Inject Drugs.| | PubMed PubMed
- Food insecurity is a risk factor for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in Latinx children.| | PubMed PubMed
- Diagnostic Ability of Simple Noninvasive Blood Tests to Predict Increased Liver Stiffness in People Living With HIV and Steatotic Liver Disease.| | PubMed PubMed
- High prevalence of hepatitis B virus susceptibility among persons undergoing community-based hepatitis C virus treatment.| | PubMed PubMed
- Frailty-related factors among women living with and without HIV aged 40 years and older. The Women’s Interagency HIV Study| | UCSF Research Profile
- Frailty-Related Factors among Women Living with and without HIV Aged 40 Years and Older. The Women's Interagency HIV Study.| | PubMed PubMed
- Telemedicine Acceptability and Experience in a Marginalized Population at Risk for HCV| | UCSF Research Profile
- Prevalence of steatotic liver disease, MASLD, MetALD and significant fibrosis in people with HIV in the United States.| | PubMed PubMed
- High Incidence Rate of Computed Tomography-Measured Steatotic Liver Disease in Men With and Without HIV Infection.| | PubMed PubMed
- Preventative Hepatology and the Reduction of All-Cause Mortality in Liver Disease.| | PubMed PubMed
- Pivoting from in-person to phone survey assessment of alcohol and substance use: effects on representativeness in a United States prospective cohort of women living with and without HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- HIV-Positive Liver Transplant Does not Alter the Latent Viral Reservoir in Recipients With Antiretroviral Therapy-Suppressed HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- Community-Based Point-of-Diagnosis Hepatitis C Treatment for Marginalized Populations: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.| | PubMed PubMed
- Telemedicine Acceptability and Experience in a Marginalized Population at Risk for Hepatitis C Virus.| | PubMed PubMed
- Telemedicine Acceptability and Experience in a Marginalized Population at Risk for HCV.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Design and analysis considerations for early phase clinical trials in hepatitis B (HBV) cure research: the ACTG A5394 study in persons with both HIV and HBV.| | PubMed PubMed
- Immunogenicity and Safety of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Vaccine With a Toll-Like Receptor 9 Agonist Adjuvant in HBV Vaccine-Naïve People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus.| | PubMed PubMed
- Trends in the Prevalence of Hepatitis C Infection During Pregnancy and Maternal-Infant Outcomes in the US, 1998 to 2018.| | PubMed PubMed
- Longitudinal Assessment of the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis Score in the Era of Contemporary HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Treatment.| | PubMed PubMed
- Hepatitis C Guidance 2023 Update: AASLD-IDSA Recommendations for Testing, Managing, and Treating Hepatitis C Virus Infection.| | PubMed PubMed
- A pilot study to understand and respond to loss, theft, and misplacement of hepatitis C treatment medication for people who inject drugs.| | PubMed PubMed
- The human microbiome and gut-liver axis in people living with HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis D virus infection in women with or at risk for HIV infection in the United States.| | PubMed PubMed
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated With Elevated FibroScan-Aspartate Aminotransferase (FAST) Score.| | PubMed PubMed
- Controlled attenuation parameter accurately detects liver steatosis in people with HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- National Landscape of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Deceased Organ Donors in the United States.| | PubMed PubMed
- Su1337: HIGH PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS SUSCEPTIBILITY AMONG PERSONS UNDERGOING COMMUNITY-BASED HEPATITIS C TREATMENT.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Transplantation, HIV Serostatus, and Registry Data: Room for Improvement.| | PubMed PubMed
- Multisite prospective Liver Disease and Reproductive Ageing (LIVRA) study in US women living with and without HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- Trans-ancestral fine-mapping of MHC reveals key amino acids associated with spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C in HLA-DQβ1.| | PubMed PubMed
- Telemedicine and Health Disparities.| | PubMed PubMed
- HOPE in action: A prospective multicenter pilot study of liver transplantation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- Increased Body Mass Index and Type 2 Diabetes Are the Main Predictors of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Advanced Fibrosis in Liver Biopsies of Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Monoinfection.| | PubMed PubMed
- Longitudinal Changes in Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin in Men With HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Expert Panel Consensus Statement: Vaccines to Prevent Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection in Patients With Liver Disease.| | PubMed PubMed
- Nonviral liver disease is the leading indication for liver transplant in the United States in persons living with human immunodeficiency virus.| | PubMed PubMed
- Tissue-specific differences in HIV DNA levels and mechanisms that govern HIV transcription in blood, gut, genital tract and liver in ART-treated women.| | PubMed PubMed
- A genomic variant of ALPK2 is associated with increased liver fibrosis risk in HIV/HCV coinfected women.| | PubMed PubMed
- Addressing Social Determinants of Liver Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: A Call to Action.| | PubMed PubMed
- Expert Panel Review on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus.| | PubMed PubMed
- New Drugs for NASH and HIV Infection: Great Expectations for a Great Need.| | PubMed PubMed
- Updated Hepatitis C Virus Screening Recommendation-A Step Forward.| | PubMed PubMed
- MRE and ELF in Liver Fibrosis Assessment: Are Two Better Than One?| | PubMed PubMed
- The Pathogenesis of Liver Disease in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The Emerging Role of the Microbiome.| | PubMed PubMed
- Editorial: HBV-the promise of a new era in therapeutics.| | PubMed PubMed
- Food Insecurity May Be an Independent Risk Factor Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among Low-Income Adults in the United States.| | PubMed PubMed
- OP 7.6 Tissue-specific differences in the mechanisms that govern HIV latency in blood, liver, gut and genital tract in ART-suppressed women.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Clarifying the HOPE Act landscape: The challenge of donors with false-positive HIV results.| | PubMed PubMed
- HIV-Associated NAFLD: Disease Burden and Management.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin Levels Are Inversely Associated With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in HIV-Infected and -Uninfected Men.| | PubMed PubMed
- Sex hormone-binding globulin levels are inversely associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in HIV-infected and –uninfected men.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Contributions of HIV, hepatitis C virus, and traditional vascular risk factors to peripheral artery disease in women.| | PubMed PubMed
- High Kynurenine:Tryptophan Ratio Is Associated With Liver Fibrosis in HIV-Monoinfected and HIV/Hepatitis C Virus-Coinfected Women.| | PubMed PubMed
- Post-sustained Virologic Response Liver Stiffness May Underestimate Fibrosis After Direct Acting Antiviral-containing Therapy.| | PubMed PubMed
- Su1080 – High Kynurenine:Tryptophan Ratio is Associated with Liver Fibrosis in Hiv Infection.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Sexually Acquired Hepatitis C Infection in HIV-Uninfected Men Who Have Sex With Men Using Preexposure Prophylaxis Against HIV.| | PubMed PubMed
- Aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index increases significantly 3 years prior to liver-related death in HIV-hepatitis-coinfected men.| | PubMed PubMed
- A Comparison of the Liver Fat Score and CT Liver-to-Spleen Ratio as Predictors of Fatty Liver Disease by HIV Serostatus.| | PubMed PubMed
- SAT-523 Sex hormone binding globulin levels are increased in HIV-infected men and are independently associated with lower odds of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease regardless of HIV serostatus.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Contribution of Liver Fibrosis and Microbial Translocation to Immune Activation in Persons Infected With HIV and/or Hepatitis C Virus.| | PubMed PubMed
- A Comparison of the Liver Fat Score and CT Liver-to-Spleen Ratio as Predictors of Fatty Liver Disease by HIV Serostatus| | UCSF Research Profile
- Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the Older Patient.| | PubMed PubMed
- Editorial: Statins and Liver Disease: Is it Time to Recommend Statins to Prevent Liver Disease Progression?| | PubMed PubMed
- Controlled attenuation parameter and magnetic resonance spectroscopy-measured liver steatosis are discordant in obese HIV-infected adults.| | PubMed PubMed
- The Association of Inflammatory Markers With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Differs by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Serostatus.| | PubMed PubMed
- Reply.| | PubMed PubMed
- Human immunodeficiency virus-infected and uninfected adults with non-genotype 3 hepatitis C virus have less hepatic steatosis than adults with neither infection.| | PubMed PubMed
- Higher CD163 levels are associated with insulin resistance in hepatitis C virus-infected and HIV-infected adults.| | PubMed PubMed
- Sex differences in the association of HIV infection with hepatic steatosis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Perceptions of fecal microbiota transplantation for Clostridium difficile infection: factors that predict acceptance.| | PubMed PubMed
- Correlation of Controlled Attenuation Parameter and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Measurements of Hepatic Steatosis in HIV-positive Adults.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Pre-Liver Transplant Transthoracic Echocardiogram Findings and 6-Month Post-Transplant Outcomes: A Case-Control Analysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Brief Report: Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Mitigates Liver Disease in HIV Infection.| | PubMed PubMed
- Hepatitis C virus-HIV-coinfected patients and liver transplantation.| | PubMed PubMed
- Treatment of hepatitis C in liver transplant patients: interferon out, direct antiviral combos in.| | PubMed PubMed
- Sofosbuvir and ribavirin use in wait-listed patients with hepatitis C should be selective.| | PubMed PubMed
- Randomized, controlled pilot study comparing large-volume paracentesis using wall suction and traditional glass vacuum bottle methods.| | PubMed PubMed
- Effectiveness of telaprevir and boceprevir triple therapy for patients with hepatitis C virus infection in a large integrated care setting.| | PubMed PubMed
- Myosin VI mediates the movement of NHE3 down the microvillus in intestinal epithelial cells.| | PubMed PubMed
- Risk factors for fatty liver in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.| | PubMed PubMed
- Multichannel intraluminal impedance-pH testing is clinically useful in the management of patients with gastroesophageal reflux symptoms.| | PubMed PubMed
- An update on hepatitis B, D, and E viruses.| | PubMed PubMed
- Prevention and Treatment of Recurrent Hepatitis C after Liver Transplantation.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Characteristics of HCV Direct Acting Antiviral Treatment Initiators in a Large Integrated Care Setting.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Non-invasive Liver Fibrosis Markers Are Associated with Liver-Related Death in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.| | UCSF Research Profile
- HTK preservative solution is associated with increased biliary complications among patients receiving DCD liver transplants: a single center experience.| | PubMed PubMed
- Prevention and Treatment of Recurrent Hepatitis C after Liver Transplantation| | UCSF Research Profile
- Reply to Post and Sabin.| | PubMed PubMed
- HIV monoinfection is associated with increased aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index, a surrogate marker for hepatic fibrosis.| | PubMed PubMed
- HIV-Viral Hepatitis Coinfection is Associated With Risk for Increasing APRI Despite Mitigating Effect of HAART.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Liver disease in the HIV-infected individual.| | PubMed PubMed
- Gastric sarcoidosis: case report and literature review.| | PubMed PubMed
- Hepatitis B- Recent Developments in Therapy| | UCSF Research Profile
- Managing acutely ill substance-abusing patients in an integrated day hospital outpatient program: medical therapies, complications, and overall treatment outcomes.| | PubMed PubMed
- Disparities in osteoporosis screening between at-risk African-American and white women.| | PubMed PubMed
- RB1 genetic testing as a clinical service: a follow-up study.| | PubMed PubMed
 
    