Dr. Nalu Navarro-Alvarez is an Assistant Professor at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán in Mexico and an Assistant Professor at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus in the Department of Surgery.   She received her MD degree from Guadalajara University in Mexico and her PhD from Okayama University, Japan. She performed her postdoctoral studies in the Transplantation Biology Research Center (TBRC) in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the CCTI (Columbia Center for Transplantation Immunology. She belongs to the National System of Researchers in Mexico (SNI), level III.   Dr. Navarro-Alvarez maintains an active combined clinical-basic science research program focused on liver diseases. Specifically, Dr. Navarro’s research focus includes the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of chronic liver failure. Her research interests also include innate immunity in the context of liver regeneration, hepatocyte transplantation, xenotransplantation and COVID-19. Dr. Navarro-Alvarez has published over 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to several book chapters.