Digestive Diseases Research

Research Faculty

Research Faculty

Simon W. Beaven, MD, PhD

Simon W. Beaven, MD, PhD

Metabolic syndrome, hepatology

Jihane N. Benhammou, MD, PhD

Jihane N. Benhammou, MD, PhD

MASLD, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

Bishuang Cai, PhD in the Lab

Bishuang Cai, PhD

MASH and MASH-related cardiometabolic diseases

Lin Chang, MD

Disorders of gut-brain interactions (DGBI)

Arpana Gupta, PhD

Arpana Church, PhD

Obesity, brain-gut microbiome interactions, health disparities

Gregory P. Donaldson, PhD

Gregory P. Donaldson, PhD

Microbiome

Terri E. Getzug, MD

Terri E. Getzug, MD

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)

Steven-Huy B. Han, MD

Steven-Huy B. Han, MD

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), hepatitis B

Mia Hashibe, PhD, MPH

Mia Hashibe, PhD, MPH

Molecular cancer epidemiology, cancer survivorship

Yvonne Hernandez-Kapila, DDS, PhD

Yvonne Hernandez-Kapila, DDS, PhD

Oral-gut-brain-axis, oral microbiome/virome

Elaine Y. Hsiao, PhD

Elaine Y. Hsiao, PhD

Microbiome, gut-brain interactions

Danny Issa, MD

Interventional endoscopy, bariatric endoscopy

Jonathan P. Jacobs, MD, PhD

Jonathan P. Jacobs, MD, PhD

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), microbiome

Dennis M. Jensen, MD

Dennis M. Jensen, MD

GI bleeding

Swapna Joshi, PhD

Swapna Joshi, PhD

Epigenetic biomarkers, disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI)

Jonathan Kaunitz, MD

Jonathan D. Kaunitz, MD

Gastric mucosal, gastroenterology

Stephen Kim, MD

Stephen Kim, MD

Interventional endoscopy

Hon Wai "Michael" Koon, PhD

Hon Wai Koon, PhD

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), mucosal immunology

Jennifer S. Labus, PhD

Jennifer S. Labus, PhD

Brain-gut-microbiome, bioinformatics, multi'omnics

Dr. Muriel Larauche

Muriel Larauche, PhD

Pain, stress, brain-gut axis

Berkeley N. Limketkai, MD, PhD

Berkeley N. Limketkai, MD, PhD

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), nutrition

Sarina C. Lowe, MD

Sarina C. Lowe, MD

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil

Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil

Colorectal cancer screening, health services, QI

Emeran A. Mayer, MD

Emeran A. Mayer, MD

Brain-gut-microbiome

David Meriwether, PhD

David Meriwether, PhD

Inflammatory bowel disease

Million Mulugeta, DVM, MVSc, PhD

Million Mulugeta, DVM, MVSc, PhD

Neurogastroenterology and motility

Raman Muthusamy, MD, MAS

Raman Muthusamy, MD, MAS

Interventional endoscopy, Barrett's esophagus

Alexander H. Nguyen, MD, PhD

Alexander H. Nguyen, MD, PhD

Liver lipid metabolism

Arpan A. Patel, MD

Arpan A. Patel, MD

Hepatology palliative care, quality improvement

Joseph R. Pisegna, MD

Joseph R. Pisegna, MD

Pancreatic cancer, neuroendocrine tumors

Enrique Rozengurt, DVM, PhD

Enrique Rozengurt, DVM, PhD

Pancreatic cancer, signal transduction

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF

Hepatology, transplant hepatology

Alireza Sedarat, MD

Alireza Sedarat, MD

Interventional endoscopy, POEM, G-POEM

Andrea S. Shin, MD

Andrea S. Shin, MD

Disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI), motility, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Rajat Singh, MD, MBBS

Rajat Singh, MD, MBBS

Autophagy, liver lipid metabolism, mTOR signaling and aging

Catia Sternini, MD

Catia Sternini, MD

Enteric neuroscience

Yvette Taché, PhD

Yvette Taché, PhD

Brain-gut axis, stress, peptides

Adarsh M. Thaker, MD

Adarsh M. Thaker, MD

Interventional endoscopy, bariatric endoscopy

Elizabeth J. Videlock, MD, PhD

Elizabeth J. Videlock, MD, PhD

Brain-gut interactions, Parkinson's disease

Carrie R. Wong, MD, PhD

Carrie R. Wong, MD, PhD

Chronic liver disease