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The Digestive Diseases Center Translational Core with Joel Pekow, MD

The Digestive Diseases Center Translational Core with Joel Pekow, MD

by Anna Gomberg | Apr 4, 2023 | 2023 April Newsletter, Newsletter, Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine

One of the most important and enduring contributions of the GI Research Foundation (the Foundation) may also be one of the least well understood. For a decade, the Foundation has supported the Digestive Diseases Center (DDC) Translational Core, an engine that drives...
Plant a Seed of Hope – Support Digestive Diseases Research Today

Plant a Seed of Hope – Support Digestive Diseases Research Today

by GI Research Foundation | Apr 24, 2023 | 2023 April Newsletter, Supporting GIRF

As we embrace the spring season, we are reminded of the power of growth and new beginnings. At the GI Research Foundation, we are committed to planting the seeds of hope for those affected by digestive diseases. Thanks to the generous support of donors like you, we...
Eating Restriction and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, with Courtney Schuchmann, RD

Eating Restriction and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, with Courtney Schuchmann, RD

by Anna Gomberg | Apr 4, 2023 | 2023 April Newsletter, Newsletter, Resources for Patients, University of Chicago Medicine

Everyone has overindulged or eaten a food that didn’t agree with them. For most people, this means that the next time they are offered spicy chili or rich dessert, they politely decline or make a different choice. But for patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative...
Gut-Friendly Recipe: Quinoa-Pistachio Stuffed Artichokes

Gut-Friendly Recipe: Quinoa-Pistachio Stuffed Artichokes

by Anna Gomberg | Apr 5, 2023 | 2023 April Newsletter, Newsletter, Recipes, Resources for Patients

Quinoa-Pistachio Stuffed Artichokes Artichokes, are actually the large flower of a plant in the thistle family, and are a fun and hearty vegetable choice during the “shoulder season,” before Spring is in full bloom. This unique recipe features many ingredients that...
Board Spotlight: Brad Peterson

Board Spotlight: Brad Peterson

by Anna Gomberg | Apr 5, 2023 | 2023 April Newsletter, Board Spotlight, GIRF Profiles, Newsletter

Many people bring relevant experience when they join the GI Research Foundation Board of Directors, but new member Brad Peterson has the distinction of previously serving as the longest-tenured President of its Associates Board. It all began when Mr. Peterson, an...
Visceral: Podcast Episode – All about Ostomy Care (episode 3)

Visceral: Podcast Episode – All about Ostomy Care (episode 3)

by GI Research Foundation | Mar 23, 2023 | 2023 April Newsletter, Resources for Patients

Episode Three: All about Ostomy Care In this episode, Advanced Practice Nurses and leaders in the field of ostomy care Janice Colwell, APRN, CWOCN, FAAN, and Marita Kametas, MSN, APN, FNP-BC, CMSRN, COCN offer need-to-know information about post-surgical life with an...

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