Prof. Fabien Zoulim Lyon University and INSERM, France

Fabien Zoulim obtained his M.D. in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Lyon Medical School in 1991. He has also obtained a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology and was trained as a post-doctoral researcher at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. He has been a Professor of Medicine at Lyon I... read moreUniversity since 1997. He is currently Medical Director of the Hepatology Department at the Hospices Civils de Lyon, and Scientific Director of the Department of Immunology and Virology of INSERM Unit 1052 where he is leading the team on 'Antiviral therapy of viral hepatitis'. He is also a member of European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Governing Board. Dr. Zoulim received the William Prusoff award of the International Society for Antiviral Research in recognition of his work in the field of HBV molecular biology and anti-HBV therapy. Fabien Zoulim is a recognised expert in the field of anti-HBV therapy and drug resistance. He has published more than 250 articles in the field of viral hepatitis and antiviral therapy.