Digestive Diseases Research

Research Faculty

Research Faculty

Simon W. Beaven, MD, PhD
Simon W. Beaven, MD, PhD
Metabolic syndrome, hepatology
Jihane N. Benhammou, MD, PhD
Jihane N. Benhammou, MD, PhD
MASLD, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Bishuang Cai, PhD in the Lab
Bishuang Cai, PhD
MASH and MASH-related cardiometabolic diseases
Lin Chang, MD
Lin Chang, MD
Disorders of gut-brain interactions (DGBI)
Arpana Gupta, PhD
Arpana Church, PhD
Obesity, brain-gut microbiome interactions, health disparities
Gregory P. Donaldson, PhD
Gregory P. Donaldson, PhD
Microbiome
Terri E. Getzug, MD
Terri E. Getzug, MD
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)
Steven-Huy B. Han, MD
Steven-Huy B. Han, MD
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), hepatitis B
Mia Hashibe, PhD, MPH
Mia Hashibe, PhD, MPH
Molecular cancer epidemiology, cancer survivorship
Yvonne Hernandez-Kapila, DDS, PhD
Yvonne Hernandez-Kapila, DDS, PhD
Oral-gut-brain-axis, oral microbiome/virome
Elaine Y. Hsiao, PhD
Elaine Y. Hsiao, PhD
Microbiome, gut-brain interactions
Danny Issa, MD
Danny Issa, MD
Interventional endoscopy, bariatric endoscopy
Jonathan P. Jacobs, MD, PhD
Jonathan P. Jacobs, MD, PhD
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), microbiome
Dennis M. Jensen, MD
Dennis M. Jensen, MD
GI bleeding
Swapna Joshi, PhD
Swapna Joshi, PhD
Epigenetic biomarkers, disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI)
Jonathan Kaunitz, MD
Jonathan D. Kaunitz, MD
Gastric mucosal, gastroenterology
Stephen Kim, MD
Stephen Kim, MD
Interventional endoscopy
Hon Wai "Michael" Koon, PhD
Hon Wai Koon, PhD
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), mucosal immunology
Jennifer S. Labus, PhD
Jennifer S. Labus, PhD
Brain-gut-microbiome, bioinformatics, multi'omnics
Dr. Muriel Larauche
Muriel Larauche, PhD
Pain, stress, brain-gut axis
Berkeley N. Limketkai, MD, PhD
Berkeley N. Limketkai, MD, PhD
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), nutrition
Sarina C. Lowe, MD
Sarina C. Lowe, MD
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil
Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil
Colorectal cancer screening, health services, QI
Emeran A. Mayer, MD
Emeran A. Mayer, MD
Brain-gut-microbiome
David Meriwether, PhD
David Meriwether, PhD
Inflammatory bowel disease
Million Mulugeta, DVM, MVSc, PhD
Million Mulugeta, DVM, MVSc, PhD
Neurogastroenterology and motility
Raman Muthusamy, MD, MAS
Raman Muthusamy, MD, MAS
Interventional endoscopy, Barrett's esophagus
Alexander H. Nguyen, MD, PhD
Alexander H. Nguyen, MD, PhD
Liver lipid metabolism
Arpan A. Patel, MD
Arpan A. Patel, MD
Hepatology palliative care, quality improvement
Joseph R. Pisegna, MD
Joseph R. Pisegna, MD
Pancreatic cancer, neuroendocrine tumors
Enrique Rozengurt, DVM, PhD
Enrique Rozengurt, DVM, PhD
Pancreatic cancer, signal transduction
Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF
Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF
Hepatology, transplant hepatology
Alireza Sedarat, MD
Alireza Sedarat, MD
Interventional endoscopy, POEM, G-POEM
Andrea S. Shin, MD
Andrea S. Shin, MD
Disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI), motility, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Rajat Singh, MD, MBBS
Rajat Singh, MD, MBBS
Autophagy, liver lipid metabolism, mTOR signaling and aging
Catia Sternini, MD
Catia Sternini, MD
Enteric neuroscience
Yvette Taché, PhD
Yvette Taché, PhD
Brain-gut axis, stress, peptides
Adarsh M. Thaker, MD
Adarsh M. Thaker, MD
Interventional endoscopy, bariatric endoscopy
Elizabeth J. Videlock, MD, PhD
Elizabeth J. Videlock, MD, PhD
Brain-gut interactions, Parkinson's disease
Carrie R. Wong, MD, PhD
Carrie R. Wong, MD, PhD
Chronic liver disease