from pediatric to adult-oriented liver treatment centers for patients who have successfully achieved adulthood. Auto-immune liver disease Kelly studied auto-immune disease and identified a female predominance in both of its types i.e. (AIH type 1) and (AIH type 2). She stressed the importance of prompt medical attention with medication including azathioprine and steroids and advocated for long-term treatment, due to the possibility of the disease relapsing at any given time. She also studied the outcomes of liver transplantation in children with autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis(AISC) and autoimmune hepatitis(AIH). In a separate study, she demonstrated that AIH patients who underwent a liver transplant took a longer time to recover compared to those who didn't. She stressed the fact that while liver transplantation is an effective therapeutic option for progressive AISC and AIH, the potential relapse of the primary auto-immune process greatly reduces its outcomes. She was part of the team that studied the long term effects of DAIH in pediatric liver transplant recipients. The study established that DAIH is a serious complication despite its rare occurrence but that the incidence has now diminished. Liver failure Kelly has conducted research on liver failure with a particular focus on pediatric liver failure. She studied drug-related hepatotoxicity and its role in causing acute liver failure in children, and discouraged the use of acetaminophen (as it accounts for 15% of all ALF in children in the US and UK) along with other drugs to prevent acute liver failure. She also termed paracetamol overdose as one of the leading causes of acute liver failure along with other inevitable natural factors such as having a genetic metabolic liver disease. Liver transplantation Kelly's unit in Birmingham was one of the first groups to work on liver transplantation for infants. She has evaluated the long-term benefits of infant liver transplantation, quality of life, the natural history of graft injury and defined the effect of the transition to adult services on long-term survival. Awards and honors 1996 – Midlands Woman of Achievement, Women's Awards 2011 – Alumni Award, Trinity College Dublin 2012 – The Lunar Medal, The Lunar Society 2016 – Distinguished Service Award, European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition 2016 – Commander of the British Empire, Government of the United Kingdom 2019 – Recognition Award, European Association of Liver Disease 2021 – Pioneer in Liver Transplantation, IPTA 2022 – Distinguished Service Award, British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology