Is integrative hepatology right for you?
Whether you're managing a liver diagnosis or preventing one, Integrative Hepatology offers tools to help you live better, longer, and with greater vitality.
Nutrition for Liver Health and the BRIDGE Program
Nutrition for liver health - enhance liver health through the power of healthy eating
In this engaging, hands-on series, Dr. Lai invites you to join her on a journey to explore the science behind eating for a healthy liver and, most importantly, discover how to bring that science into your everyday life.
Together, you’ll explore how the foods we eat can affect the liver and so much more, including energy, metabolism, gut health, and overall well-being. Each session brings the science to life through easy-to-understand education, practical activities, and opportunities to try new strategies for yourself.
Rather than simply learning what you should do, you’ll have the chance to experiment, ask questions, discover what works for you, and build healthy habits that feel realistic and sustainable. Along the way, Dr. Lai will be there to guide you, helping you connect the science to your own experiences and goals.
This is your journey and we’re here to explore it with you.
Behavioral Resources and Intervention via Digital Group Education (BRIDGE)
Learn. Connect. Set goals. Create lasting change.
This program combines peer support, shared learning, self-management strategies, and personalized health goals to help you build confidence and make sustainable changes. Whether you’re working on nutrition and exercise, improving sleep, managing stress, or simply looking to feel better, you’ll gain practical tools and support from a community that understands.
Your goals. Your values. Your journey - with support along the way.
THE OSHER CENTER
Osher Center for Integrative Health
At the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health, our vision is to nurture health and inspire well-being in all people.
We work closely with clinicians, educators, and researchers across UCSF and with our colleagues in the Osher Collaborative for Integrative Health.
Powering Up with Protein
Exploring how protein and creatinine supplementation can strengthen nutrition, support recovery, and improve quality of life for patients living with cirrhosis.
Beyond Pills for Pain
Developing safe, non-drug strategies—from movement to mind-body practices—to manage pain while minimizing side effects.
Muscles Matter in MASLD
Muscles Matter in MASLD
Investigating how muscle health influences the course of fatty liver disease, and testing interventions to preserve strength and resilience.
We’re pushing the boundaries of hepatology through cross-disciplinary research initiatives
Micronutrient deficiencies in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease
Hypothesis: We hypothesize that micronutrient deficiencies are associated with poor clinical outcomes and increased mortality in patients with liver disease.
- To assess micronutrient deficiency patterns in liver transplant candidates. We will measure micronutrient deficiencies among patients with cirrhosis undergoing evaluation for liver transplantation. This will allow us to establish patterns of micronutrient deficiency among patients with cirrhosis.
- To evaluate the association between micronutrient deficiency patterns and liver-related clinical outcomes.