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...
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...
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...
by Deborah Brill | Jun 9, 2023 | 2023 June Newsletter, GIRF Profiles, Newsletter
I am thrilled to be a part of the GI Research Foundation team as the Development and Operations Assistant. Working for an organization that helps fund cutting-edge research and treatments for those with G.I. diseases is very personal for me. My sister had cancer when...
by GI Research Foundation | Jun 9, 2023 | 2023 June Newsletter, GIRF Event, Newsletter
Join us for a great day on the greens! The GI Research Foundation presents the Larry A. Pogofsky All-Star Challenge on Monday, August 7th at Bryn Mawr Country Club in Lincolnwood, Illinois. The All-Star Challenge honors Larry’s love for sports and continues his legacy...
by Anna Gomberg | May 22, 2023 | 2023 June Newsletter, Newsletter, Resources for Patients
Episode Four: IBD or IBS… or Both? With Benjamin Levy, MD, Clinical Instructor of Medicine, and Mary Ayers, RN, Nurse Manager Confusingly, similar acronyms describe two very different conditions of the lower GI tract: IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) and IBS...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Anna Gomberg | Feb 11, 2023 | Newsletter, Recipes, Resources for Patients
Midwinter Soup Vegan/Gluten-Free/Plant-based “When patients with active inflammatory bowel disease start eliminating food, fiber is the first thing that they tend to restrict.” Says Courtney Schuchmann, registered dietitian at the University of Chicago Medicine...
by Allison Thielen | Dec 1, 2022 | GIRF Profiles, Newsletter
I have been fascinated by medicine and the human body since I was a small child. While other pre-teens spent the early 1990s watching the docudrama series, Rescue 911, or the TV drama, ER, I was disappointed in their fictitious nature and scoured the education...
