
Wajahat Mehal
Director of Yale Weight Loss Program · Yale-New Haven Hospital
Credentials: · · · · · ·
History
PresentYale Weight Loss Program · Yale-New Haven Hospital
PresentYale Fatty Liver Disease Program · Yale-New Haven Hospital
PresentDigestive Diseases · Yale-New Haven Hospital
- 1996–1997
Transplant Hepatology


- 1985–1989
OXFORD UNIV, OXFORD
Research
Inflammasome-mediated dysbiosis regulates progression of NAFLD and obesity
Nature · 2012 · 1,925 citations
Caspases 3 and 7: key mediators of mitochondrial events of apoptosis
Science · 2006 · 979 citations
Sterile inflammation in the liver
Review · Gastroenterology · 2012 · 546 citations
- RH
14 papers
- AG
Ayaz Ghani
7 papers

7 papers
- RA
7 papers
- AM
6 papers · 6 as a resident

5 papers

5 papers

5 papers · 3 as a resident
Grants
- 1997–2031
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · P30
Project lead · $1.1M · Yale University
- 2025–2030
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · R01
PI · $1.4M · Yale University
- 2016–2029
Regulation of Liver Fibrosis by Pyruvate Kinase M2 (PKM2)
Department of Veterans Affairs · I01
Contact PI · Va Connecticut Healthcare System
- 2025–2027
Explore the Role of Hepatocyte Inflammasome in Alcoholic Liver Disease
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · R21
PI · $456.1K · Yale University
Clinical trials
- 2021–2023
Inhibition of Sterile Inflammation by Digoxin
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 1
Yale University
- 2016–2017
Assessing the Role of a Fermented Soy Extract in Inflammation and the Human Microbiome
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 1
Yale University
- 2014–2016


