Dr. George Y. Wu is Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Hepatology Section, and holds the Herman Lopata Chair in Hepatitis Research at the University of Connecticut Health Center.

He has been a pioneer of targeted delivery of biological substances, including genes and mitochondria, specifically to hepatocytes. He has received an American Gastroenterological Association/Industry Research Scholar Award, an American Liver Foundation Research Prize, and an AGA-Gastroenterology Research Group Young Scientist Award.

Dr. Wu was elected a Fellow of both the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). He was also elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, and the National Academy of Inventors, and has undertaken three Fulbright Scholar/Specialist programs. He has published more than 235 articles, edited 15 books, and is the founding Comprehensive Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology.