About the AASLD Foundation

About the Foundation

AASLD Foundation is a charitable organization that invests in innovative hepatology research and in the people who study and treat liver disease.

As the largest private supporter of hepatology research and career development in the United States, the Foundation fills the void between bright, talented researchers and clinicians and the financial resources needed to:

• Encourage researchers' groundbreaking discoveries and treatments.
• Keep pace with the need for more physicians and healthcare professionals trained to provide care for patients with liver disease.
• Share cutting-edge hepatology knowledge with physicians worldwide.

Research and Career Development Awards

AASLD Foundation is pleased to announce our investment in hepatology’s future continues to grow. This year, we have committed over $2.2 million in funding towards our Research and Career Development Awards, Abstract Awards, and our Emerging Liver Scholars Program.

We are now accepting applications for our 2021 Research and Career Development Awards. Find out more, share the word, and apply today.

This year’s award recipients — selected from a highly competitive applicant pool — demonstrate both exceptional aptitude and a deep interest in liver disease research and treatment.

Meet our:

• Research and Career Development Awardees.
• Emerging Liver Scholars.
• Abstract Awardees.

In Gratitude to Our Donors

AASLD Foundation was established in 2014 with the help of incredible financial commitment and dedication of industry and private foundations, and many generous individuals who supported the creation of this charitable organization. Since then, hundreds of donors have helped make more advances in liver disease possible through their generous donations.

Thank you!

We are honored to bestow recognition on our annual fund donors who support our work each year. Know that when you allow us to recognize your generosity, you can also inspire others to similar acts. This year, we look forward to highlighting our donors in special ways throughout The Liver Meeting Digital Experience™.

• Founding Donors. We express our gratitude to the following companies who came together in 2015 to contribute gifts and pledges of more than $2 million to fund the creation of AASLD Foundation. Their support continues to sustain our programming, nearly five years later. We applaud them for their vision and are grateful for their generosity.

• Tomorrow’s Cures Campaign Donors. AASLD Foundation is grateful to our donors who contributed to our mission through their generous charitable donations.
  
• Corporate and Foundation Donors sustain progress in hepatology through their untiring commitment to investing in research and training. We applaud these efforts and gratefully acknowledge the following companies and foundations that have made donations and grants to support the Foundation’s initiatives and its Tomorrow’s Cures campaign.
  

TLMdX Foundation Hub Events and Sessions

The Foundation Hub, accessible through the TLMdX Networking and Engagement Center, is your place to engage with our Foundation’s leaders and awardees.

Please be sure to "opt-in" to be able to access the TLMdX Networking and Engagement Center. You may update or confirm your opt-in response through the Registration Resource Center.

The TLMdX Networking and Engagement Center will offer an opportunity for attendees to engage with colleagues, leaders, and staff of many areas of programming. The Foundation Hub will be open throughout the meeting for you to stop by and visit. Our Board and Committee leaders will host a daily Coffee Chat and look forward to seeing you at some point. Staff will also be on hand throughout the day to facilitate connections to others during TLMdX.

We’re looking forward to our awardees joining our special “meet-up” sessions. While those will be by invite, we’re able to have a maximum of 50 attendees join at a time. Feel free to stop in if you are a prior year’s awardee and let us know what you have been up to – we’ll see you at the Hub!

AASLD Foundation is also here to help you rest, relax, and recharge during TLMdX.

Join us at the Foundation Hub, accessible through the TLMdX Networking and Engagement Center, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 12 pm to take a few minutes for yourself as we rest, relax and recharge together with on-demand wellness sessions from our friends at Replenish Mind, Body, Spirit.

• Mindful Movement: An Invitation to Stretch, with Pam Mulligan, BSN, RN, NBC-HWC, RYT 500
  
• Mindful Pause: An Invitation to Rest, with Pam Mulligan, BSN, RN, NBC-HWC, RYT 500
  
• Replenish Yourself: An Invitation to Self Care, with Pam Mulligan, BSN, RN, NBC-HWC, RYT 500
  

Need to rest, relax, and recharge in-between sessions? Stop by the Foundation’s Wellness Booth, accessible via the AASLD Resource Center.

AASLD Foundation and Replenish Mind Body Spirit have partnered to provide you “An Invitation to Restore". These brief pauses invite participants to take an integrative approach to self-care with self-reflection, mindful awareness, and self-compassion practices to create an intentional space to rest, relax, and recharge.

You will have choices to participate on your own, based on your personal needs at that time and your schedule for the day.

This complimentary resource is made possible through AASLD Foundation. If you enjoy this experience during the meeting, consider a donation to support the future of hepatology research and patient care – click the “Donate Now” link on any page of this site or make a gift through our donation page.

Fundamentals of Liver Disease

Patient care is a team effort. Fundamentals of Liver Disease (FOLD), a program supported by AASLD Foundation, is a complimentary online educational resource that offers CME/CE credits and MOC points.

It serves as a learning resource for frontline health care providers to stay current on the diagnosis and treatment of common liver diseases and aims to improve providers’ knowledge and clinical skills in hepatology.

Learn more.

Your Impact

AASLD Foundation has a significant impact on the careers of researchers and health care providers who study and treat liver disease. Our goal is to push the boundaries of what’s possible in the world of liver disease research and care.

Make a Difference

Your gift to AASLD Foundation is an investment in a future without liver disease. Since 2000, we have provided more than $50 million to advance liver research and advanced hepatology training opportunities.

There are several ways to make an impact. We welcome your gift of any amount to support the work of AASLD Foundation.

Did you know?

• 2020 has been designated as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife by the World Health Organization in recognition of the contributions they make, and the risks associated with nursing shortages.
  
• In addition to loved ones, friends, and colleagues, you can honor the nurses and nurse practitioners in your life, along with other frontline health care professionals who make this world a better place every day, by making a gift to AASLD Foundation in their names.