Spotlight on Research
GI Research Foundation Awards $600,000 for Novel Research Projects
In 2024 the GI Research Foundation Awards $600,000 for Novel Research Projects Led by Investigators at the University of the Chicago
GI Research Foundation Funds Advanced Research for Two Cancer Vaccines Developed by Elicio Therapeutics
Backed by $5.4 million in grants from the GI Research Foundation, prospective cancer vaccines developed by Elicio Therapeutics show strong T-cell activation in animal trials. And similar vaccines from Elicio are already in human trials.
New Technique Uses Microscopic Bubbles to Blast Cancer With Help From GI Research Foundation
Bubbles make any kid’s day better. Now they’re improving the lives of cancer patients at the University of Chicago’s medical center as well. With a $500,000 grant from the GI Research Foundation to Dr. Osman Ahmed, UChicago Medicine will be one of only four hospitals using a new technique to noninvasively treat liver cancer.
Research Shows Cooking Classes Have Positive Impact on Participants’ Microbiome
The American Cancer Society estimates there will be over 150,000 new cases of colorectal cancer diagnosed, making it one of the most diagnosed cancers in the United States. Over 52,000 Americans will die from the disease this year. Colorectal cancer can be successfully treated when caught early. Yet, advanced cases, especially where the cancer has spread are much more likely to be fatal.
Taxman to receive Joseph B. Kirsner Award from the GI Research Foundation
CHICAGO, June 27, 2023 (Newswire.com) – The GI Research Foundation today announced that its CA CURE campaign drove the largest grantmaking year in its 60-year history. The campaign advances the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers, and it awarded nearly $18.5 million in the fiscal year that will end on June 30.
Research Use of the Small Animal Colonoscope
At the 2022 GI Research Foundation annual ball, generous guests funded purchase of the Storz Coloview Small Animal Colonoscopy System, which has proved integral to supporting the ongoing research of several University of Chicago Medicine laboratories pursuing the promise of regenerative medicine.
Results of Recent Colorectal Immunotherapy Study Highlight the Groundbreaking Performance of RareCyte’s Orion Spatial Biology Platform
The American Cancer Society estimates there will be over 150,000 new cases of colorectal cancer diagnosed, making it one of the most diagnosed cancers in the United States. Over 52,000 Americans will die from the disease this year. Colorectal cancer can be successfully treated when caught early. Yet, advanced cases, especially where the cancer has spread are much more likely to be fatal.
NS Magazine: GI Research Foundation Celebrates 62nd Annual Ball
CHICAGO, June 27, 2023 (Newswire.com) – The GI Research Foundation today announced that its CA CURE campaign drove the largest grantmaking year in its 60-year history. The campaign advances the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers, and it awarded nearly $18.5 million in the fiscal year that will end on June 30.
Healing the Wounds of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A University of Chicago team identified a special type of stem cell that heals damaged bowel tissue in mice, a discovery that may have direct application to humans with inflammatory bowel disease. These early findings, made possible with seed funding from the GI Research Foundation, resulted in a recent five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study those cells in humans.
Other Recent News
Visceral: Podcast Episode – Keeping it Moving: Gut Motility and Digestive Health (episode 8)
This episode of Visceral is for parents and anyone else touched by pediatric IBD. We feature Amelia Kellar, MD, Director, Pediatric Intestinal Ultrasound Program.
Visceral: Podcast Episode – Caring for Children and Teens with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis (episode 7)
This episode of Visceral is for parents and anyone else touched by pediatric IBD. We feature Amelia Kellar, MD, Director, Pediatric Intestinal Ultrasound Program.
Taxman to receive Joseph B. Kirsner Award from the GI Research Foundation
CHICAGO, June 27, 2023 (Newswire.com) – The GI Research Foundation today announced that its CA CURE campaign drove the largest grantmaking year in its 60-year history. The campaign advances the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers, and it awarded nearly $18.5 million in the fiscal year that will end on June 30.
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 studies—and a lengthy career in nonprofit communications—Anna Gomberg has been writing, producing, and hosting the GI Research Foundation’s podcast, Visceral, since its launch in 2022.
Save the Date for the 2024 Annual Ball
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
The weather is getting cooler, which means many of us are gravitating toward warm, comfort food. This gut-friendly recipe is packed with tons of nutrients such as vitamins A and C, potassium, magnesium, and fiber, and will warm you up on chilly fall nights.
Visceral: Podcast Episode – Don’t Cut That Out: How to add foods to your diet to optimize nutrition (episode 6)
In this episode, patients with digestive diseases learn what they should eat, why they should eat it, how they should manage their diet, and how to make sure that they’re maximizing their nutrition so they get all of the optimal benefits of the food they are eating. Registered dietitians with the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, Lori Rowell Welstead and Courtney Schuchmann share their expertise on nutrition and its relationship to IBS, Celiac disease, Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, gastroparesis, fatty liver disease, and more.
Visceral: Podcast Episode – IBD and the Mind-Body Connection (episode 5)
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 health and personal well-being. Dr. Bedell shares research to help patients understand how IBD relates to anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges, and how to harness the mind-body connection to help manage pain and symptoms.
Meet Deborah Brill: GastroIntestinal Research Foundation’s New Development and Operations Assistant
My name is Deborah Brill and I am thrilled to be a part of the G.I. Research Foundation team as the Development and Operations Assistant.