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The GastroIntestinal Research Foundation Awards Grants to Two Cancer Research Powerhouses

The GastroIntestinal Research Foundation Awards Grants to Two Cancer Research Powerhouses

by Jackie Casey | Jan 25, 2023 | GIRF in the News

CHICAGO, Jan. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Treating and curing cancer remains an urgent health research priority. The GastroIntestinal Research Foundation (the Foundation) has made bold and innovative grant awards to advance the development of immunotherapies and...
Take a Research Learning Journey With Us

Take a Research Learning Journey With Us

by Jackie Casey | Dec 1, 2022 | Newsletter, Research and Discovery

Ever since becoming the Executive Director of the GastroIntestinal Research Foundation (Foundation), all my Zoom calls with my family start with a question from my brother with Crohn’s, “Have you found a cure yet?” While I can’t answer yes, I can tell him about the...
The GastroIntestinal Research Foundation Launches New Multi-Million Dollar Funding Initiative Aimed at Curing Cancers of the Digestive System

The GastroIntestinal Research Foundation Launches New Multi-Million Dollar Funding Initiative Aimed at Curing Cancers of the Digestive System

by Jackie Casey | Nov 4, 2022 | GIRF in the News

CHICAGO, Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Despite centuries of research, treating and curing cancer remains an urgent health research priority. With generous support from anonymous donors, the Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation (GIRF) has launched a bold...
ANNOUNCEMENT: GI Research Foundation Launches NEW Cancer Cure Funding Initiative

ANNOUNCEMENT: GI Research Foundation Launches NEW Cancer Cure Funding Initiative

by Jackie Casey | Sep 29, 2022 | GIRF in the News, Research and Discovery

The GI Research Foundation is proud to announce the CA CURE initiative, made possible through a historic, multi-million dollar contribution generously gifted by an anonymous donor. The Committee to AdvanCe the Understanding of High-Risk GI CancErs (CA CURE) is...
Meet Jackie Casey: New GIRF Executive Director Shares Her Story

Meet Jackie Casey: New GIRF Executive Director Shares Her Story

by Jackie Casey | Aug 1, 2022 | GIRF Profiles, Newsletter

For as long as I can remember, gastro-intestinal disease has been a part of my family. As a child and throughout his life, my dad was in the hospital many times due to bleeding ulcers. Medical understanding then, with total blame on diet and stress, was so much more...

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The GI Research Foundation (GIRF) is a non-profit 501(c)3 dedicated to raise funds to support the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Medicine Digestive Diseases Center in their efforts to provide outstanding care, train future leaders, and perform innovative clinical and laboratory research in order to treat, cure, and prevent digestive diseases.

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