by GI Research Foundation | Nov 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
In this powerful video, three patients living with digestive diseases share their personal journeys—what it’s like to face Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, and GI cancer—and how research has led to better treatments, better outcomes, and renewed hope. But their stories...
by GI Research Foundation | Nov 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Behind every medical breakthrough is an idea—and the support to make it real. At the GI Research Foundation, we give bold ideas the early support they need to become real treatments. From Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis to liver disease and GI cancers, we help...
by GI Research Foundation | Feb 12, 2026 | Newsletter, Resources for Patients
Visceral: Episode 18Sarcopenia and IBD: Muscle Matters The GI Research Foundation produced this podcast with a sponsorship from Metro Infusion Center. As we age, we naturally lose muscle mass — a condition known as sarcopenia. But for people living with inflammatory...
by GI Research Foundation | Dec 23, 2025 | Newsletter, Resources for Patients
Visceral: Episode 17Why Aging Matters in IBD Research The GI Research Foundation produced this podcast with a sponsorship from Metro Infusion Center. In this episode, Tenzin Choden, MD, a board-certified gastroenterologist and clinical researcher at UChicago...
by GI Research Foundation | Dec 4, 2025 | Newsletter, Resources for Patients
Visceral: Episode 16When Sleep and IBD Collide The GI Research Foundation produced this podcast with a sponsorship from Metro Infusion Center. In this episode, Dr. Levine, a current fellow with The University of Chicago Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition...
by GI Research Foundation | Oct 22, 2025 | Newsletter, Resources for Patients
Visceral: Episode 15Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too The GI Research Foundation produce this podcast with a sponsorship from Metro Infusion Center. In this episode, Dr. Cham, an immunologist and chief investigator for the Chang Lab at the University of Chicago, shares...
by GI Research Foundation | Aug 30, 2023 | GIRF in the News, Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
CHICAGO, August 30, 2023 (WGNTV.com) – A University of Chicago team identified a special type of stem cell that is healing damaged bowel tissue in mice, a discovery that may have direct application to humans with inflammatory bowel disease. These early findings,...
