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Research Use of the Small Animal Colonoscope

Research Use of the Small Animal Colonoscope

by Anna Gomberg | Nov 15, 2023 | 2023 November Newsletter, Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine

At the 2022 GI Research Foundation Annual Ball, generous guests funded the purchase of a Storz Coloview Small Animal Colonoscopy System, which has proved integral to supporting the ongoing research of several University of Chicago Medicine laboratories pursuing the...
Meet the Host of Our Podcast: Anna Gomberg

Meet the Host of Our Podcast: Anna Gomberg

by GI Research Foundation | Nov 15, 2023 | 2023 November Newsletter, GIRF Profiles, Grateful Patients, Newsletter

Anna Gomberg, Host/Writer/Producer of Visceral: Listen to Your Gut 2022-Present   Meet the Host of Our Podcast: Anna Gomberg A compassionate patient with Crohn’s disease and a background in philosophy, developmental psychology, moral development, and media...
Save the Date for the 2024 Annual Ball

Save the Date for the 2024 Annual Ball

by Allison Thielen | Nov 15, 2023 | 2023 November Newsletter, GIRF Event

The GI Research Foundation Annual Ball celebrates extraordinary research to cure, treat and prevent digestive diseases, and the philanthropic impact our donors make to advance our mission.  This year’s Ball honors Sy Taxman with the esteemed Joseph B. Kirsner Award....
Super Simple Butternut Squash Soup

Super Simple Butternut Squash Soup

by GI Research Foundation | Nov 14, 2023 | 2023 November Newsletter, Recipes

From Courtney Schuchmann, MS, RD, LDN – University of Chicago Medicine Registered Dietitian  We shared this recipe a few years ago, but it’s worth sharing again! The weather is getting cooler, which means many of us are gravitating toward warm comfort...
Visceral: Podcast Episode – Don’t Cut That Out: How to add foods to your diet to optimize nutrition (episode 6)

Visceral: Podcast Episode – Don’t Cut That Out: How to add foods to your diet to optimize nutrition (episode 6)

by Anna Gomberg | Oct 18, 2023 | 2023 November Newsletter, Newsletter, Resources for Patients

Visceral: Episode SixDon’t Cut That Out: How to add foods to your diet to optimize nutrition With Lori Rowell Welstead, MS, RD, LDN and Courtney Schuchmann, MS, RD, LDNRegistered Dietitians with the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center “People...
Visceral: Podcast Episode – IBD and the Mind-Body Connection (episode 5)

Visceral: Podcast Episode – IBD and the Mind-Body Connection (episode 5)

by Anna Gomberg | Jul 24, 2023 | 2023 November Newsletter, Newsletter, Resources for Patients

Episode Five: IBD and The Mind-Body Connection With Alyse Bedell, PhD, GI psychologist, University of Chicago Episode 5 of Visceral features Alyse Bedell, PhD, GI psychologist, who discusses the ways in which Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis can impact mental...

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