Center for Digestive Health Research and Quality Improvement
Advancing health outcomes, quality and value
Our center will make significant advances in preventing chronic digestive disease and improving care for patients with long-term digestive conditions.
Conducting science and inquiry that reduces the burden of GI and liver diseases
The center is home to nationally recognized leaders in research, health systems, and health policy.
Making news, locally and nationally
Discover how our work is making a difference—highlighted in scientific publications, news coverage, and interviews.
Latest news
Over 4 million US adults with chronic liver disease can be grouped into unique risk groups based on barriers to care
Dr. Carrie R. Wong, the study's lead author on these findings published in the peer-reviewed PLOS ONE, point to the need for interventions aimed at reducing possibly avoidable hospitalizations among the highest-risk people with chronic liver disease.
One in four transplant hepatologists shows signs of unhealthy alcohol use, new survey finds
Dr. Arpan A. Patel said the findings underscore the need to create systemic support structures to encourage hepatologists to reduce their alcohol intake. Among the recommendations in the study: normalizing access to physician wellness and treatment programs; confidential access to counseling and alcohol use disorder treatments; and reducing stigma about attending state physician health wellness programs, which Patel said have shown success.
