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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 sixth year, we have raised more than $14 million in support of 54 independent research studies by the Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Center’s world-class physician scientists. Together, we are changing the landscape of digestive health.

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Dr. Pandolfino
2021
Cancers of the Digestive Tract, Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Esophageal Gastroenterology, General Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Liver Transplantation, Liver/Hepatology, Surgery (Gastrointestinal)
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Northwestern Medicine/Feinberg School of Medicine
Center for Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics in Gastroenterology
Alyssa Kriegermeier
2021
Liver /Hepatology, Liver/Hepatology
Pediatric Liver Cell Response in Diseases that Cause Jaundice and Liver Failure
Josh Levitsky, MD, MS, Richard M. Green, MD, Xiaoying Liu
2021
Liver /Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Liver/Hepatology
Novel Protective Mechanism against Liver Damage in Liver Transplant Patients
Lisa B. VanWagner, MD, PhD, ScM
2021
Liver Transplantation, Liver/Hepatology
Blood Pressure Measurement Methods in Liver Transplant Patients
Robert Schenck, MD, Sri Komanduri, MD
2020
Cancers of the Digestive Tract, Liver /Hepatology, Liver/Hepatology, Pancreatic Cancer
Evaluating a novel endoscopic ultra sound-guided technique for tissue acquisition for diagnosing pancreatic tumors
Jane E. Wilcox, MD, MSc, Lisa B. VanWagner, MD
2020
Liver /Hepatology, Liver/Hepatology
Impact of an artificial liver shunt procedure for the treatment of high pressure in the vein that carries blood from the digestive organs to the liver on the function of the heart
Justin Boike, MD
2020
Liver /Hepatology, Liver/Hepatology
Can a blood test predict patients at risk for significant confusion and disorientation after a shunt through the liver?
Richard M. Green, MD
2019
Liver /Hepatology, Liver/Hepatology
A Novel Protective Mechanism in the Bile Ducts of Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Josh Levitsky, MD, MS
2019
Liver /Hepatology, Liver/Hepatology
A New Technology to Shine a Light on What Our Pulses Can Tell Us Principal Investigator: Nikhilesh Mazumder, MD, MPH
John E. Pandolfino, MD, Marie-Pier Tétreault, PhD
2017
Cancers of the Digestive Tract, Esophageal Diseases, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Liver/Hepatology, Psychology (Clinical) Behavioral Health, Surgery (Gastrointestinal)
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Josh Levitsky, MD, MS, Mary Rinella, MD
2018
Liver Transplantation, Liver/Hepatology, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFD)
Developing Laboratory Markers to Predict Recurrence of Fatty Liver after Liver Transplantation
Alexander A. Lemmer, MD, Daniel Ganger, MD
2017
Liver /Hepatology, Liver/Hepatology
Assessing a New Liver Function Tool to Predict Outcomes of Liver Failure in Patients with Heart Disease
Alfred George, Jr, MD, Amy Yang, MD, Kelly Birdwell, MD, MSCI, Pranab Barman, MD
2016
Liver Transplantation, Liver/Hepatology
How do Genetic Differences in Immunosuppressive Drug Metabolism Impact Outcomes for Liver Transplant

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