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The Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Institute Advisory Council focuses on improving the quality of life for anyone facing a digestive disorder by supporting novel medical research, physician training, and education at the Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Institute. In the past 10 years, we have raised over $24 million and funded nearly 100 independent GI research studies. Together, we are changing the landscape of digestive health.

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Vasilios Kalas, MD, PhD, Gabriel Rocklin, PhD
2025
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Creating Unique Pill to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s and Colitis) Patients
Paulius Kuprys, MD, PhD
2025
Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Tailoring Food Choices in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s and Colitis)
Livia Guadagnoli, PhD, Kathryn Tomasino, PhD, Anjali Pandit, PhD, Sara Hoffman-Marchese, PhD
2025
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Strengthening Mental Wellness of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s and Colitis)
Ronen Sumagin, PhD
2025
Ulcerative Colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Achieving Remission for Ulcerative Colitis Patients
Ronen Sumagin, PhD
2024
Ulcerative Colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Identifying Novel Biomarkers to Aid Colon Healing and Remission in Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
Vasilios Kalas, MD, PhD, Gabriel Rocklin, PhD
2024
Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Pioneering a Novel Miniprotein Drug for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Keith C. Summa, MD, PhD
2023
Psychology (Clinical) Behavioral Health, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Illuminating the Link Between Gut Health and Disrupted Circadian Sleep Rhythms in IBD Patients
Fred W. Turek, PhD
2022
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Can Probiotics Improve Circadian Sleep Rhythms and Symptoms in Ulcerative Colitis Patients?
Ronen Sumagin, PhD
2022
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Solving Medication Resistance in IBD Patients with High Level Mapping of Digestive Immune Cells
John E. Pandolfino, MD
2021
Liver/Hepatology, Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Liver Transplantation, Cancers of the Digestive Tract, Esophageal Gastroenterology, Surgery (Gastrointestinal), General Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Northwestern Medicine/Feinberg School of Medicine
Center for Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics in Gastroenterology
Salva N. Balbale, MS, Jonah J. Stulberg, MD PhD MPH
2021
Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Optimal Pain Management Strategy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
David Escobar, MD, PhD, Stephen B. Hanauer, MD, Leyu Sun, Guang-Yu Yang, MD, PhD
2021
Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
p53 Mutation Spectrum (Occurrence) and Load (Genotype Damage) in Ulcerative Colitis
Emanuelle Bellaguarda, MD, Stephen B. Hanauer, MD, John Zhang, MD
2020
Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Semen quality in males with inflammatory bowel disease: Influence of medication treatment for IBD
Shilajit D. Kundu MD, Adam B. Weiner, MD
2019
Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Does an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flare Impact the Results of the Prostate Specific Anitigen (PSA) Test Used to Screen for Prostate Cancer?
Stephen B. Hanauer, MD, Madeline McGuire Bertha, M.D./M.S.
2018
Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Does Cannabis Reduce Symptoms or Inflammation in Patients with IBD?
John E. Pandolfino, MD, Marie-Pier Tétreault, PhD
2017
Liver/Hepatology, Cancers of the Digestive Tract, Esophageal Diseases, Surgery (Gastrointestinal), Psychology (Clinical) Behavioral Health, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
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Emanuelle Bellaguarda, MD
2018
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Can We Use Therapeutic Monitoring of Drug Levels to Improve Long-Term Control of Patients Treated with Infliximab (Remicade) in IBD?
Anne Grosen, PhD, Stephen B. Hanauer, MD
2017
Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Does Use of Methotrexate Impact Male Fertility in IBD Patients
Itishree Trivedi, MD
2016
Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
How Do We Improve Transitioning of Pediatric IBD Patients into Adult Practice

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