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Dr. Amar Nijagal and Dr. Adam Abate have received funding from the UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research to support their project, “Developing Customized Microfluidic Droplet Ensembles to Study Cell-Cell Interactions in the Developing Liver.” The $150,000 award will advance their innovative research in...

Dr. Carlos Corvera, Dr. Amar Nijagal, Dr. Jeffrey Velotta, and Dr. Peter Stock have received UCSF Medicine's 2024 Academy of Medical Educators "Excellence in Mentorship" Award. They have been recognized for their exceptional contributions to medical education, inspiring the next generation of healthcare...

Dr. Amar Nijagal has secured two prestigious awards. He first received a $30,000 P30 Pilot Award from the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for his work at the Liver Center. Following that, he was awarded $20,000 from the UCSF Dean's Fund Liver Center Feasibility Grant.

Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion UCSF and the Department and Surgery are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Chancellor...

We are pleased to announce that Amar Nijagal, MD has been selected for the AASLD CTORA Award (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Foundation) for his proposal & work focused on hepatoblastoma. The award provides Dr. Nijagal with $200K of funding for 2 years and is intended to fund his research...

Pediatric surgeon-scientist Amar Nijagal, M.D. has been awarded an American Cancer Society Individual Research Grant to study the crucial link between liver and bile duct development, and hepatobiliary cancers. The study is entitled: “Single cell characterization and organoid development of pediatric choledochal...

Amar Nijagal, M.D., an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, was awarded a Pilot/Feasibility Award from the UCSF Liver Center, of which he is now an associate member. An external advisory board comprised of leading liver scientists evaluated applications for this award. Dr. Nijagal’s research proposal...

Pediatric surgeon-scientist Amar Nijagal, M.D., Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Surgery, has been awarded the 29 th Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS Faculty Research Fellowship from the American College of Surgeons. His research will study the role of neutrophils and monocytes during the initiation...

Amar Nijagal, M.D., assistant professor of Surgery in the Division of Pediatric Surgery, received the Jay Grosfeld MD Scholar Award from the American Pediatric Surgical Association Foundation (APSAF) at the 2018 APSA annual meeting. Dr. Nijagal was one of two junior faculty honored with the highly competitive...