Spotlight on Research

Taxman to receive Joseph B. Kirsner Award from the GI Research Foundation

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.

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Research Use of the Small Animal Colonoscope

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.

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Results of Recent Colorectal Immunotherapy Study Highlight the Groundbreaking Performance of RareCyte’s Orion Spatial Biology Platform

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.

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NS Magazine: GI Research Foundation Celebrates 62nd Annual Ball

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.

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Healing the Wounds of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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.

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Introducing Bedside Intestinal Ultrasound in the United States

Introducing Bedside Intestinal Ultrasound in the United States

With a partnership with the International Bowel Ultrasound Society, the University of Chicago Medicine is engaged in a new multi-phase initiative to bring widespread diagnostic use of bedside intestinal ultrasound (IUS) to North America. IUS, already widely used in Europe, will provide IBD patients with a non-invasive abdominal ultrasound exam as part of their regular clinic visits, so that their doctors can monitor their disease activity in real time.

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2023 GastroIntestinal Research Foundation Competitive Grant Cycle Awards

2023 GastroIntestinal Research Foundation Competitive Grant Cycle Awards

Through our annual competitive grant awards program, the GastroIntestinal Research Foundation provides initial “seed” funding to select novel projects that allow investigators to pursue new and exciting paths that may not otherwise ever receive attention. Using robust scientific and lay review, in the 2023 cycle, the GI Research Foundation awarded $550,000 to six investigators at the University of Chicago for novel research projects.   

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2023 Associates Board Young Investigator Awards

2023 Associates Board Young Investigator Awards

Founded in 1997, the GI Research Foundation’s Associates Board is made up of professional volunteers and emerging leaders united by determination and dedication to educating our communities on the prevention, treatment, and cures for digestive diseases. This year, the Associates Board awarded a record $40,000 to four University of Chicago grant recipients.

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Other Recent News

Taxman to receive Joseph B. Kirsner Award from the GI Research Foundation

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.

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Meet the Host of Our Podcast: Anna Gomberg

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.

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Save the Date for the 2024 Annual Ball

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.

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Super Simple Butternut Squash Soup

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.

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Visceral: Podcast Episode Six – Don’t Cut That Out: How to add foods to your diet to optimize nutrition

Visceral: Podcast Episode Six – Don’t Cut That Out: How to add foods to your diet to optimize nutrition

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.

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Visceral: Podcast Episode Five – IBD and the Mind-Body Connection

Visceral: Podcast Episode Five – IBD and the Mind-Body Connection

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.

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All-Star Challenge Foursomes Available

All-Star Challenge Foursomes Available

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 of funding groundbreaking digestive diseases research. For more information, please contact bzelwin@girf.org.

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