Andrea D Branch | Mount Sinai

About Me

Andrea Branch, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Liver Diseases. The Branch Lab is interested in studying viral hepatitis using both basic and translation research approaches.

Language

English

Position

PROFESSOR | Medicine, Liver Diseases, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Surgery

Research Topics

Antivirals, Bioinformatics, Cancer, Gene Regulation, Hepatitis C Virus, Interferon Resistance, Liver, RNA, Viruses and Virology

Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas

Genetics and Genomic Sciences [GGS], Immunology [IMM]

Education

BS, The University of Michigan

MS, The University of California

PhD, The Rockefeller University

, The Rockefeller University

Awards

1976

Rockefeller University Graduate Fellowship

1975

Steinhaus Memorial Teaching Award

1973

Public Health Service Traineeship

Research

We are in a unique position to collaborate with many different divisions in the Mount Sinai Hospital to obtain tissue from HCV-positive patients undergoing liver transplantation. Our objectives are to measure intrahepatic HCV dsRNA levels, degree of fibrosis, intrahepatic leukocyte populations, and portal vein blood cell populations and cytokines. We are in the process of studying the effect of the innate immune system on liver disease.