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This profile is part of a series to highlight the researchers who will be honored at a ceremony on Nov. 9 for UNMC's Scientist Laureate, Research Leadership, Distinguished Scientist, New Investigator and Community Service to Research Award recipients. Research Leadership
The Research Leadership Award honors scientists previously recognized as Distinguished Scientists who have a longstanding research funding history and also serve as research leaders and mentors on campus.
Name: Carol Casey, PhD Title: Professor of internal medicine, UNMC Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, research career scientist, Nebraska-Western Iowa Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Joined UNMC: 1984 Hometown: Mitchell, South Dakota
Please describe your research focus in three words:
Alcohol-associated organ injury
Why is research important in the world today?
Research is the basis for much of what we enjoy in life today - longer lives, healthier lives, cures for diseases, development of vaccines and so much more. And there still are so many more advances to be made, not only with health care, but in areas such as space exploration. It's exciting to play even a small part in what the future holds.
My work will make a difference because:
Alcohol and its byproducts are known to affect function in several organs in the body, especially in the liver, which leads to liver failure. One of the earliest signs of alcohol-induced liver injury is fatty liver, which is known to be part of the progression of liver injury in non-alcohol-induced liver injury, as well. My work in examining how alcohol (and excess fat) disrupts cellular function may define some potential therapies that can be used in the setting of liver injury not only from alcohol, but other toxins.
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