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Giada Sebastiani (MD)

Senior Scientist
Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Department of Medicine (McGill)

Research Profile

 Fundamental: 20%
 Clinical: 50%
 Epidemiology: 30%
 Evaluation: 0%
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Keywords

Fatty liver • serum liver biomarkers • elastography • HIV • hepatitis C • hepatitis B

Research Interests

My research focuses on screening for liver fibrosis and fatty liver of at-risk populations, including HIV+ patients, patients with diabetes and obesity, women with polycystic ovary syndrome, and patients with inflammatory bowel syndrome. To conduct these studies, I employ serum fibrosis biomarkers and a non-invasive machine, which is ultrasound-based, named Fibroscan. I am also site investigator of multiple global clinical trials for antifibrotic compounds in NASH.


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Latest Publications

  1. Kronfli, N., Mambro, A., Riback, L. R., Ortiz-Paredes, D., Dussault, C., Chalifoux, S., Del Balso, L., Petropoulos, A., Lim, M., Halavrezos, A., Sebastiani, G., Klein, M. B., Lebouche, B., Cox, J. & Akiyama, M. J. (2024). Perceived patient navigator services and characteristics to address barriers to linkage to hepatitis C care among people released from provincial prison in Quebec, Canada. The International journal on drug policy, vol. 133, p. 104624.
  2. Truscello, E., Wang, S., Young, J., Sebastiani, G., Walmsley, S. L., Hull, M., Cooper, C. & Klein, M. B. (2024). Changes in hepatic steatosis before and after direct acting antiviral treatment in people living with HIV and Hepatitis C coinfection. The Journal of infectious diseases.
  3. Zeng, X.-F., Varady, K. A., Wang, X.-D., Targher, G., Byrne, C. D., Tayyem, R., Latella, G., Bergheim, I., Valenzuela, R., George, J., Newberry, C., Zheng, J.-S., George, E. S., Spearman, C. W., Kontogianni, M. D., Ristic-Medic, D., Peres, W. A. F., Depboylu, G. Y., Yang, W., Chen, X., Rosqvist, F., Mantzoros, C. S., Valenti, L., Yki-Järvinen, H., Mosca, A., Sookoian, S., Misra, A., Yilmaz, Y., Kim, W., Fouad, Y., Sebastiani, G., Wong, V.-W., Åberg, F., Wong, Y. J., Zhang, P., Bermúdez-Silva, F.-J., Ni, Y., Lupsor-Platon, M., Chan, W. K., Méndez-Sánchez, N., de Knegt, R. J., Alam, S., Treeprasertsuk, S., Wang, L., Du, M., Zhang, T., Yu, M.-L., Zhang, H., Qi, X., Liu, X., Pinyopornpanish, K., Fan, Y.-C., Kaijun, N., Jimenez-Chillaron, J. C. & Zheng, M.-H. (2024). The role of dietary modification in the prevention and management of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: an international multidisciplinary expert consensus. Metabolism: clinical and experimental, p. 156028.
  4. Volniansky, A., Lefebvre, T. L., Kulbay, M., Fan, B., Aslan, E., Vu, K.-N., Montagnon, E., Nguyen, B. N., Sebastiani, G., Giard, J.-M., Sylvestre, M.-P., Gilbert, G., Cloutier, G. & Tang, A. (2024). Inter-visit and inter-reader reproducibility of multi-parametric diffusion-weighted MR imaging in longitudinally imaged patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and healthy volunteers. Magnetic resonance imaging, vol. 113, p. 110223.
  5. Sachar, Y., Congly, S. E., Burak, K. W., Manko, A., Ko, H. H., Ramji, A., Rahman, H. S., Talia, J., Jeyaparan, J., Wong, D. W., Fung, S., Cooper, C., Kelly, E. M., Ma, M. M., Bailey, R., Minuk, G., Wong, A., Doucette, K., Elkashab, M., Sebastiani, G., Wong, P., Coffin, C. S. & Brahmania, M. (2024). Epidemiology, Treatment Patterns and Survival in Canadian Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal of viral hepatitis, vol. 31, p. 739-745.
  6. Yazdani, L., Selladurai, S., Rafati, I., Bhatt, M., Montagnon, E., Chayer, B., Olivié, D., Giard, J.-M., Sebastiani, G., Nguyen, B. N., Cloutier, G. & Tang, A. (2024). Between-Visit Reproducibility of Shear Wave Viscoelastography in Volunteers and Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, vol. 43, p. 2095-2108.
  7. Au, K., Zheng, M.-H., Lee, W.-J., Ghanem, O. M., Mahawar, K., Shabbir, A., le Roux, C. W., Targher, G., Byrne, C. D., Yilmaz, Y., Valenti, L., Sebastiani, G., Treeprasertsuk, S., Hui, H. X., Sakran, N., Neto, M. G., Kermansaravi, M., Kow, L., Seki, Y., Tham, K. W., Dang, J., Cohen, R. V., Stier, C., AlSabah, S., Oviedo, R. J., Chiappetta, S., Parmar, C., Yang, W. & Global Obesity Collaborative (2024). Resmetirom and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis: Perspectives on Multidisciplinary Management from Global Healthcare Professionals. Current obesity reports, vol. 13, p. 818-830.
  8. Kablawi, D., Milic, J., Thomas, T., Fotsing Tadjo, T., Cinque, F., Elgretli, W., Gioè, C., Lebouché, B., Tsochatzis, E., Finkel, J., Bhagani, S., Cascio, A., Guaraldi, G., Mazzola, G., Saeed, S. & Sebastiani, G. (2024). Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis exhibits sex differences in people with HIV. HIV medicine, vol. 25, p. 1259-1269.
  9. Riccardo, R., Cinque, F., Volpe, M. T. & Sebastiani, G. (2024). Integrating behavioral interventions into a Holistic Approach to Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic liver disease. Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology, p. 1-11.
  10. Mboumba Bouassa, R.-S., Needham, J., Nohynek, D., Samarani, S., Bobeuf, F., Del Balso, L., Paisible, N., Vertzagias, C., Sebastiani, G., Margolese, S., Mandarino, E., Singer, J., Klein, M., Lebouché, B., Cox, J., Vulesevic, B., Müller, A., Lau, E., Routy, J.-P., Jenabian, M.-A. & Costiniuk, C. T. (2024). Feasibility of a Randomized, Interventional Pilot Clinical Study of Oral Cannabinoids in People with HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy: CTNPT 028. Journal of personalized medicine, vol. 14.
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