Ryan L. McCarthy PhD

UW Pediatrics
Assistant Professor

Email: ryan.mccarthy@seattlechildrens.org | Phone: 206.884.5116

Liver transplantation is the only curative treatment for most liver diseases, but the supply of donor liver tissue is not enough to meet the demand. Additionally, the need for lifetime immunosuppressant treatment to avoid rejection is especially problematic in the pediatric population. The McCarthy Lab is focused on understanding epigenetic mechanisms regulating cell identity during development, and applying these discoveries to cell reprogramming with the goal of developing liver cell therapies for transplantation.