Dr. Thomas Tu is the founder of HepBCommunity.org. He is a scientist specialising in molecular biology research for hepatitis B.
His research is on how hepatitis forms in the liver and how the virus causes cancer, with the hopes of stopping the virus, or stopping the virus from causing cancer.
Dr. Tu also sits on the board of Hepatitis Australia, and is the president of Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology.
In this podcast we discuss Dr. Tu’s lived experience of hepatitis B, and his incredible breakthroughs in research in the hepatitis B space.
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands where we work - the lands of the Woi-Wurrung Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations. We express our gratitude to them for their continued care and curation of these lands and waters. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.
LiverWELL observes and honours the Kulin Nation's intrinsic connection to land, sky and water, and the creator Bunjil. LiverWELL is committed to being led and informed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders on bridging health outcomes for communities and improving liver health.