Ongoing Research Funded by DHF

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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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Daniela P. Ladner, MD, MPH
2022
Surgery (Liver Transplantation), Liver/Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Psychology (Clinical) Behavioral Health
Personalized Exercise Program Improves Survival Rate in Liver Transplant Patients
Josh Levitsky, MD, MS
2022
Surgery (Liver Transplant), Liver/Hepatology
Predicting Relapse in Liver Failure (Autoimmune Hepatitis) Patients for Personalized Treatment
Lisa B. VanWagner, MD
2022
Liver/Hepatology, Liver /Hepatology, Surgery (Liver/Hepatology)
Decreasing Risk of Life Saving TIPS Procedure in Liver Failure Patients
Sarah Taylor, MD
2022
Liver/Hepatology
Diagnosing Life Threatening Liver Disease (GALD) in Newborns Improves Chance of Survival
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
Alyssa Kriegermeier
2021
Liver/Hepatology, Liver /Hepatology
Pediatric Liver Cell Response in Diseases that Cause Jaundice and Liver Failure
Richard M. Green, MD, Josh Levitsky, MD, MS, Xiaoying Liu
2021
Liver/Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Liver /Hepatology
Novel Protective Mechanism against Liver Damage in Liver Transplant Patients
Lisa B. VanWagner, MD
2021
Liver/Hepatology, Liver Transplantation
Blood Pressure Measurement Methods in Liver Transplant Patients
Sri Komanduri, MD, Robert Schenck, MD
2020
Liver/Hepatology, Cancers of the Digestive Tract, Liver /Hepatology, Pancreatic Cancer
Evaluating a novel endoscopic ultra sound-guided technique for tissue acquisition for diagnosing pancreatic tumors
Lisa B. VanWagner, MD, Jane E. Wilcox, MD, MSc
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
Liver/Hepatology, Cancers of the Digestive Tract, Esophageal Diseases, Surgery (Gastrointestinal), Psychology (Clinical) Behavioral Health, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
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Josh Levitsky, MD, MS, Mary Rinella, MD
2018
Liver/Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFD)
Developing Laboratory Markers to Predict Recurrence of Fatty Liver after Liver Transplantation
Daniel Ganger, MD, Alexander A. Lemmer, MD
2017
Liver/Hepatology, Liver /Hepatology
Assessing a New Liver Function Tool to Predict Outcomes of Liver Failure in Patients with Heart Disease
Pranab Barman, MD, Kelly Birdwell, MD, MSCI, Alfred George, Jr, MD, Amy Yang, MD
2016
Liver/Hepatology, Liver Transplantation
How do Genetic Differences in Immunosuppressive Drug Metabolism Impact Outcomes for Liver Transplant

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