Dr. Divya P. Kumar currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India. She is the awardee of the prestigious Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. Dr. Kumar has pursued her degree of Philosophy (Ph.D.) under the mentorship of Dr. Arun J. Sanyal and Dr. Murthy Karnam at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA. She obtained her postdoctoral training in Dr. Arun Sanyal’s lab with a T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA. The “Liver Metabolism and Diseases Laboratory” of Dr. Divya P. Kumar primarily focuses on basic, clinical, and translational research on liver diseases and metabolic health. Focus areas: • Understanding the molecular pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). • Unraveling the molecular links between inflammation and cancer in NASH-associated HCC. • Characterizing the mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of HCC. • Preclinical studies on NAFLD and HCC Research Funding: Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Science and Engineering Board (SERB) Research Group Motto: (i) Do what you can, with what you have, where you are—Theodore Roosevelt. (ii) If your wish is STRONG, the whole universe conspires to help you achieve it.