David W. Crabb, M.D., trained in gastroenterology and hepatology. His research interests are in the effects of ethanol on the transcriptional controls of lipid metabolism in the liver, and the genetics of alcoholism. He is Director of the Indiana Alcohol Research Center. He is a recipient of a Merit Award from the National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism. He has served on the Education and Research Committees of AGA and AASLD. He is Associate Editor of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. He served as vice-chair for research from 1993-2000 and chair of the Department of Medicine since 2000.