Heather Francis joined Indiana University School of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in January 2019 as a Professor of Medicine and holds a Research Career Scientist Award at Richard L Roudebush VA Medical Center. She received her PhD Degree from Texas A&M University Health Sciences College in 2010. The main focus and goal of her basic science research program is to understand and identify target therapies for chronic and often fatal liver diseases. She has authored over 234 publications with total citations of 9039 and an h-index of 57 (Scopus).