by GI Research Foundation | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
We are combining fitness, fun, and fundraising. So, grab your gym shoes and join us! Join us on February 23 — from 1-3 PM — at LA Fitness Hyde Park for the inaugural Team up for GI Research Spin Event, put on by the Associates Board. We are breaking a good...
by GI Research Foundation | Dec 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Welcome to the new GI Research Foundation (GIRF) e-newsletter! This letter is now delivered regularly to those interested in GIRF supported-research at the Digestive Diseases Center at The University of Chicago Medicine. As lead scientific advisor at GIRF, I look...
by GI Research Foundation | Nov 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Tools and equipment are essential for doctors and scientists as they continue groundbreaking research at the University of Chicago. And, thanks to the GI Research Foundation, this pioneering work continues and advances. More than $1.5 million was raised during the...
by GI Research Foundation | Nov 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
It was the best-attended Associates Board event ever held! Over 230 GIRF supporters danced, networked, and raised funds at the Annual Associates Board Cocktail Party Friday, October 26. Hosted by the Associates Board, and spearheaded by President Brad Peterson and...
by GI Research Foundation | Nov 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Gratitude. Board member Mark de Souza is grateful. Very. It’s one of the primary reasons he’s so devoted to the GI Research Foundation. For Mark, it’s personal. His symptoms started back in 1975 when he was very young. For years, he went to several doctors and...
by GI Research Foundation | Jul 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
IBD SuperFriends is a peer-to-peer network for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis patients at the University of Chicago Medicine. Born out of the Patient Advisory Board, and supported by grant funding from Takeda, with additional support from Pfizer, this unique...
by GI Research Foundation | Jul 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
I was interviewed on a podcast recently, and the host asked me how it is that I face chronic diseases with such optimism on a daily basis? My reply was that when you are taking care of people who are sick, providing them with expertise along with hope is an essential...
by GI Research Foundation | Jul 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
The GI Research Foundation’s 57th annual Ball, the Laugh-a-Ball, was a triumphant night of support for the future of research in digestive diseases at the University of Chicago Medicine. Co-chaired by philathropists Katie Chudnovsky, Beatrice G. Crain, and Aaron...
by GI Research Foundation | Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”Board Member Welcome Event” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] A big welcome to the new GIRF board members. We celebrated the...
by GI Research Foundation | Dec 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
A new online resource to teach yoga, breathing, and meditation is now available from the GI Research Foundation to further improve the lives of patients living with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Led by board member Biana Lanson, MD, and yoga instructor Gina...
by GI Research Foundation | Dec 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Brad Goodman knew he likely had a long wait for a new liver. For the past six years, the 36-year-old father of three was in and out of the hospital, fighting off bile duct infections caused by primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a chronic, progressive liver disease....
by GI Research Foundation | Dec 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
The end of 2017 offered two exciting opportunities to support the GI Research Foundation, and donors, families and friends turned out in record numbers to show their commitment to GI research. On Sunday, September 25th, the second Backyard Donor Appreciation Picnic...
