Lab Information

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. Cinque, F., Long, C., Dinh, D. A., Gore, G., Swain, M., Ramji, A., Patel, K., Betel, M., Bajaj, H. S., Dasgupta, K., Poder, T. G., Saeed, S. & Sebastiani, G. (2025). Discrete Choice Experiments and Conjoint Analyses in Health Screening Programs for Type 2 Diabetes and Liver Disease: A Scoping Review. Canadian liver journal, vol. 8, p. 63-78.
  2. Bera, C., Hamdan-Perez, N., Kosick, H.-M., Shengir, M., Sebastiani, G. & Patel, K. (2025). Validation of FIB-4 for the Diagnosis of Liver Cirrhosis in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. Canadian liver journal, vol. 8, p. 280-283.
  3. Sebastiani, G., Raggi, P. & Guaraldi, G. (2025). Integrating the care of Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease into Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Multisystem Approach. The Canadian journal of cardiology.
  4. Kosick, H.-M., McIntosh, C., Bera, C., Fakhriyehasl, M., Shengir, M., Adeyi, O., Amiri, L., Sebastiani, G., Jhaveri, K. & Patel, K. (2025). Machine learning models using non-invasive tests & B-mode ultrasound to predict liver-related outcomes in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Scientific reports, vol. 15, p. 24579.
  5. Pennisi, G., Di Maria, G., Wai-Sun Wong, V., de Ledinghen, V., Sebastiani, G., Viganò, M., Fracanzani, A. L., Miele, L., Bugianesi, E., Ekstedt, M., D'Ambrosio, R., Ravaioli, F., Schepis, F., Marra, F., Aghemo, A., Svegliati-Baroni, G., Persico, M., Valenti, L., Berzigotti, A., George, J., Armandi, A., Nasr, P., Kechagias, S., Liguori, A., Saltini, D., Mendoza, Y. P., Calvaruso, V., Enea, M., Lin, H., Infantino, G., Masarone, M., Pugliese, N., Tulone, A., Di Marco, V., Cammà, C. & Petta, S. (2025). Impact of first and further decompensation in patients with compensated ACLD due to MASLD. Journal of hepatology.
  6. Shengir, M., Elgretli, W., Cinque, F., Ramanakumar, A. V., Lombardi, R., Cespiati, A., Fracanzani, A. L., Ballesteros, L., Deschenes, M., Wong, P., Chen, T. & Sebastiani, G. (2025). Metabolic Factors Drive Early Increase in Hepatic Steatosis Despite Improvement in Non-Invasive Fibrosis Markers after Hepatitis C Eradication with Direct-Acting Antivirals. Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology, p. 102639.
  7. Kronfli, N., Mambro, A., O'Brien, A., Dussault, C., Chalifoux, S., Balso, L. D., Petropoulos, A., Lim, M., Halavrezos, A., Lebouche, B., Sebastiani, G., Klein, M. B. & Cox, J. (2025). A pre-post study of the impact of a multidisciplinary model of care on linkage to hepatitis C care following release from prison: The Beyond Prison Walls study. The International journal on drug policy, vol. 143, p. 104873.
  8. Lee, T.-H., Wegermann, K., Sutha, K., Cholankeril, G., Chu, C.-Y., Nguyen Galvan, N. T., Rana, A., Goss, J. A., Lambing, T., Cinque, F., Sebastiani, G., Patel, K., Naggie, S. & Wolfe, C. R. (2025). Beyond the HOPE Act: Roadmap to Expanding Kidney and Liver Transplants for People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Utilizing Grafts from Donors with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.
  9. Cinque, F. & Sebastiani, G. (2025). Lifestyle first: tackling MASLD in people living with HIV. The lancet. HIV, vol. 12, p. e394-e395.
  10. Burnside, J., Cinque, F., Sebastiani, G., Ramji, A., Patel, K., Swain, M. & Saeed, S. (2025). Sex differences in the prevalence and cardiometabolic risk profiles of steatotic liver disease: A Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging analysis. Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique.
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