She is immediate past president of the World Hepatitis Alliance, a patient-led international organization whose mission is to harness the power of people living with viral hepatitis to achieve its elimination.

She is medical director of Viral Hepatitis Programs at the Center for Asian Health at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J.Ī member the Hepatitis B Foundation’s Board of Directors, Wang became the foundation’s first Senior Advisor for Global Health earlier this year. Wang is a practicing physician, extremely prominent global advocate and person living with hepatitis B. Urban presented a seminar that morning about his research at the Hepatitis B Foundation in Doylestown.ĭr. His research led to the creation of bulevirtide, the first and only drug approved to treat hepatitis D, which is a serious co-infection that occurs only in people living with hepatitis B. Urban, who has a Ph.D., is a distinguished professor and globally recognized virologist at Heidelberg University Hospital in Germany.

Su Wang received the Community Commitment Award for her outspoken advocacy and dedication to the hepatitis B community.īoth honorees were surprised with video montages of their colleagues delivering messages of congratulations and heartfelt thanks. Blumberg Prize for his contributions to the field of hepatitis B and hepatitis D research and Dr.

was the premier sponsor of the well-attended event, which attracted more than 250 local community and business leaders along with scientists and public health experts from around the country.Īmong the evening’s highlights were an award presentation to the Foundation’s two distinguished honorees for 2023. The Hepatitis B Foundation held its annual gala, a fundraiser that celebrates the nonprofit’s people and achievements, earlier this year at The Warrington.

Yrep gala and casino night