Veronica Miller PhD, Adjunct Professor at Berkeley Public Health, directs the Forum for Collaborative Research and its Data & Analysis Center. The Forum applies innovative translational medicine approaches to complex high-prevalence and rare diseases (steatotic/ cholestatic liver diseases, viral infections, ocular diseases) requiring multi-modal approaches to generate solutions. This involves multidisciplinary teams in Public Health, Medicine, Biology, Statistics, Computer Science, Data/Regulatory Science from academia, industry, governments and communities. She is the recipient of the AASLD Distinguished Advocacy Service Award, November 2024. She published over 185 peer reviewed and invited papers and is committed to passing on Forum principles and learning to the next generation through internships, graduate courses, and lectures around the world