She is a liver and transplantation pathologist; prior to becoming faculty at UTMB, she completed a fellowship in the Transplant Pathology Division at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Stevenson-Lerner leads the Liver Diseases Diagnostic Management Team at UTMB which is well attended by hepatologists, transplant coordinators, fellows, and residents. Her research interests include studying the role of the hepatic immune response in fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma development.