Team

Sameera Rizvi is an international medical graduate who earned her medical degree from Dow Medical University in Karachi, Pakistan, and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Research at Oxford College in Ontario, Canada.
With more than eight years of research experience across infectious diseases, mental health, and transplantation, Sameera plays a central role in coordinating the laboratory’s clinical research portfolio. She oversees clinical study operations, regulatory submissions, and Research Ethics Board (REB) applications while supporting multiple investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored studies.
Her primary research interests focus on metabolic liver disease and liver transplantation, including clinical trials evaluating novel therapies for transplant recipients. She is committed to advancing high-quality clinical research that improves patient outcomes and strengthens evidence-based transplant care.

Elisa Pasini joined the Bhat Lab in 2018 and serves as Research Associate, Laboratory Manager, and Project Manager for the Transplant AI Initiative. She completed her Residency in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology in Udine, Italy, and holds an MSc in Biological Sciences (Physiopathology) from the University of Bologna.

Elisa oversees the operational and scientific coordination of the laboratory’s multidisciplinary research program, supporting projects spanning liver transplantation, liver cancer, precision medicine, and artificial intelligence. Her research focuses on integrating multi-omics technologies with computational approaches to improve the understanding and management of liver disease while validating bioinformatics discoveries through molecular and translational research.

As Project Manager of the Transplant AI Initiative, Elisa coordinates collaborations among clinicians, scientists, engineers, and trainees, helping translate innovative research into clinically impactful AI solutions that advance transplant medicine and personalized patient care.