Josep M. Llovet
Research group
- Translational research in hepatic oncology Group leader (R4)
About me
Josep M. Llovet, MD, PhD is Professor of Medicine – Hepatic Oncology at University of Barcelona, Group leader and Professor of Research-ICREA in the Liver Unit, IDIBAPS-Hospital Clínic and Director of the Liver Cancer Program and Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY.
He has devoted his career to the pathogenesis and treatment of liver cancer, publishing ~ 350 articles (~ 136,049 citations, h index: 134) and leading ~100 projects. He has been nominated as global Top-1% cited researcher (2014 to 2022) and nominated Editor in Chief of JHEP Reports (2024-29).
Featured publications
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis-related hepatocellular carcinoma: pathogenesis and treatment
Authors:Reference: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2023. -
International Liver cancer Association (ILCA) White Paper on Hepatocellular carcinoma Risk Stratification and Surveillance
Authors:Reference: Journal Of Hepatology 2023. -
Molecular markers of response to anti-PD1 therapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Authors:Reference: Gastroenterology 2023. -
Inflamed and non-inflamed classes of HCC: a revised immunogenomic classification
Authors:Reference: Gut 2023. -
Immunotherapies for hepatocellular carcinoma
Authors:Reference: Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2021. -
Molecular characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Authors:Reference: Journal Of Hepatology 2021. -
NASH limits anti-tumour surveillance in immunotherapy-treated HCC
Authors:Reference: Nature 2021. -
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Authors:Reference: Nature Reviews Disease Primers 2021. -
Exome sequencing of hepatocellular carcinomas identifies new mutational signatures and potential therapeutic targets
Authors:Reference: Nature Genetics 2015. -
Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Authors:Reference: New England Journal Of Medicine 2008.
Featured Projects
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Laboratori de Recerca Translacional en Oncologia Hepàtica
Principal investigator: Josep M. Llovet BayerFunder: Agencia de Gestio d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)Code: AGAUR_SGR21Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024 -
Identification of biomarkers predicting response and resistance to immunotherapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Principal investigator: Josep M. Llovet BayerFunder: Asociación Española Contra el CáncerDuration: 01/12/2021 - 30/11/2025 -
Molecular characterization of obesity/diabetes/NASH-related hepatocellular carcinoma
Principal investigator: Josep M. Llovet BayerFunder: Agencia Estatal de InvestigaciónCode: PID2019-105378RB-100Duration: 01/06/2020 - 31/05/2023 -
HUNTER-Hepatocellular Carcinoma Expediter Network
Principal investigator: Josep M. Llovet BayerFunder: Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC)Code: AECC_AccAward17Duration: 01/12/2018 - 30/11/2025 -
Mecanismos de resistencia adquirida a sorafenib en el carcinoma hepatocelular
Principal investigator: Josep M. Llovet BayerFunder: Ministerio de Economía y CompetitividadCode: SAF2016-76390-RDuration: 31/12/2016 - 10/01/2020