Ongoing Research Funded by DHF

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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.

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Katie Hulse, PhD, Marie-Pier Tétreault, PhD
2019
Esophageal Diseases, Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
How Does Inflammation Affect the Development and Progression of Eosinophilic Esophagitis?
Bruce D. Hammock, Ph.D., Ikuo Hirano, M.D., Guang-Yu Yang, MD, PhD
2019
Esophageal Diseases, Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
Inflammatory Lipid Signaling and Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Joshua Wechsler, MD
2019
Esophageal Diseases, Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
Understanding Immune Signature of Foods in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
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
Eric S. Hungness, MD
2019
Gastrointestinal Surgery, Surgery (Gastrointestinal)
A Clinical Trial of Standard Repair Versus a Novel Repair for Hiatal Hernia
Ikuo Hirano, M.D., Ronak Vashi Patel, MD
2019
Esophageal Diseases, Esophageal Gastroenterology
Do You See What I See? Improving the Reliability of the Evaluation of Swallowing Difficulty
Rajesh N. Keswani, MD
2019
General Gastroenterology, General Gastroenterology
Programmer Analyst to Improve Digestive Health Quality at Northwestern Medicine
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?

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