A Life Free From Digestive Disease
Seventy million Americans live with a digestive disease. The GI Research Foundation is at the forefront of science and discovery, partnering with the nationally-ranked University of Chicago Medicine Digestive Diseases Center to transform their lives.
Emerging Leaders Council
Funding groundbreaking research by digestive diseases scientists at the start of their career
Danny Goldberg
Emerging Leaders Council President
Emerging Leaders Council Advisors
Sushila Dalal, MD
Medical Advisor
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Ashley Sidebottom, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Metabolomics Platform Director, DFI-HMMF
University of Chicago Medicine
Emerging Leaders Council Members
Daniel Goldberg, President
Allyson Bain
Nikki Bank
Emily Barbalace
Rachel Barg
Rob Beach
Emily Becker
Michael Blinka
Jake Bolger
Katie Bryan
Sydney Cain
Courtney Cebula
Kathleen Cipolla
Noa Krugliak Cleveland, MD
Jenn Dodson
Kelli Dunn
Kurt Dziama
Rachael Eagle
Sari Grossman
Eddie Guediguian
Jaclyn Hanley
Rachel Hendee
Carly Hennig
Jordan Hirsch
Wendy Kandell
Jamie Keller
Sylvia Knox
Kelly Kortepeter
Sonia Kupfer, MD
Joan Lines
Trevor Long
Jacqueline Lopez
Jessie Magaro
John Mariscalco
Lauren Martin
Andrea Meyer
Dejan Micic, MD
Mark Milosovic
Shea Moroney
Katie Rainey
Lanie Rogers
Jenny Schack
Sheetal Shah
Jacob Staar
Brett Tolpin
Logan Turban
Gabriel Vela
Katie Waldeck
Morgan Waldeck
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