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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Xiaoying Liu, PhD
2023
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), Liver/Hepatology
Amanda C. Cheung, MD, Andres Duarte-Rojo, MD, MS, PhD
2023
Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease (ALD), Liver/Hepatology, Liver /Hepatology
Daniela P. Ladner, MD, MPH
2022
Surgery (Liver Transplantation), Liver/Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Psychology (Clinical) Behavioral Health
Josh Levitsky, MD, MS
2022
Surgery (Liver Transplant), Liver/Hepatology
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)
Alyssa Kriegermeier
2021
Liver/Hepatology, Liver /Hepatology
Richard M. Green, MD, Josh Levitsky, MD, MS, Xiaoying Liu
2021
Liver/Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Liver /Hepatology
2021
Liver/Hepatology, Liver Transplantation
Sri Komanduri, MD, Robert Schenck, MD
2020
Liver/Hepatology, Cancers of the Digestive Tract, Liver /Hepatology, Pancreatic Cancer
Richard M. Green, MD
2019
Liver/Hepatology, Liver /Hepatology
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)
Josh Levitsky, MD, MS, Mary Rinella, MD
2018
Liver/Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFD)
Daniel Ganger, MD, Alexander A. Lemmer, MD
2017
Liver/Hepatology, Liver /Hepatology
Pranab Barman, MD, Kelly Birdwell, MD, MSCI, Alfred George, Jr, MD, Amy Yang, MD
2016
Liver/Hepatology, Liver Transplantation

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