Ongoing Research Funded by DHF

Passion and Determination

The Digestive Health Foundation focuses on improving the quality of life for anyone facing a digestive disorder by supporting cutting-edge medical research, physician training, and education at the Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Center. As DHF enters its eighth year, we have raised nearly $20 million in support of 82 independent research studies by the Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Center’s world-class physician scientists. Together, we are changing the landscape of digestive health.

Research Studies

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Vitaliy Y. Poylin, MD, MBA, Rachel Hendee, PA-C, Stephanie Brenner, LCSW
2024
Ostomy, Colostomy, Ileostomy
Dempsey L. Hughes, MD
2024
Fontan-Associated Liver Disease
Xiaoying Liu, PhD, Richard M. Green, MD
2024
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), Liver/Hepatology
Sourav Halder, PhD, Wenjun Kou, PhD
2024
Esophageal Diseases, Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
Marie-Pier Tétreault, PhD
2024
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
Ronen Sumagin, PhD
2024
Ulcerative Colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Vasilios Kalas, MD, PhD, Gabriel Rocklin, PhD
2024
Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Marie-Pier Tétreault, PhD
2023
GERD, Esophageal Gastroenterology
Keith C. Summa, MD, PhD
2023
Psychology (Clinical) Behavioral Health, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Ezra N. Teitelbaum, MD, MEd, Eric S. Hungness, MD
2023
Hiatal Hernia, Gastrointestinal Surgery
Xiaoying Liu, PhD
2023
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), Liver/Hepatology
David Escobar, MD, PhD
2023
Colon and Rectal Cancer
Amanda C. Cheung, MD, Andres Duarte-Rojo, MD, MS, PhD
2023
Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease (ALD), Liver/Hepatology, Liver /Hepatology
Beatriz Sosa-Pineda, PhD
2022
Surgery (Pancreatic Cancer), General Gastroenterology
Daniela P. Ladner, MD, MPH
2022
Surgery (Liver Transplantation), Liver/Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Psychology (Clinical) Behavioral Health
Mohammad Ali Abbass, MD
2022
Surgery (Colon and Rectal Cancer), Colon and Rectal Cancer, Cancers of the Digestive Tract
Fred W. Turek, PhD
2022
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Josh Levitsky, MD, MS
2022
Surgery (Liver Transplant), Liver/Hepatology
Marie-Pier Tétreault, PhD
2022
GERD, General Gastroenterology, Esophageal Diseases, General Gastroenterology
Joshua Wechsler, MD
2022
Surgery (Eosinophilic Esophagitis/EoE), Esophageal Diseases

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