Principle Investigator: Robert Schwartz, M.D. / Ph.D.
Dr. Schwartz completed his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His thesis work was under the guidance of Dr. Catherine Verfaille and Dr. Wei Shou Hu on the derivation of stem cell derived hepatocytes and in vitro liver model systems. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes Jewish Hospital. His fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology with a focus on hepatology was completed at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He did a postdoc at MIT in the laboratory of Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia. His research continued to focus on the development of stem cell derived hepatocytes as a model system to study human liver disease and for clinical therapy. In his own lab at Weill Cornell Medical College he has continued to focus his work on the clinical translation and research applications of stem cell derived hepatocytes and primary human hepatocytes.In recognition of his work, he was an University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, an AGA Research Scholar, a UEG Rising Scholar, and a Bohmfalk Clinical Scholar. His work has been highlighted in Nature Methods, the Journal for Clinical Investigation, and Disease Models and Mechanisms and was featured on the cover of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
