Research Scholar Awards
• Silvia Giugliano, PhD, University of Colorado in Denver
• Adam D. Gracz, PhD, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
• Ana Maldonado-Contreras, MSc, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester
• Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston
AGA-CCFA-Janssen Research Award in IBD Epigenetics Research
• Theresa Alenghat, MD, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
AGA-Athena Troxel Blackburn Research Scholar Award in Neuroenteric Disease
• Maxime M. Mahe, MS, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
AGA-Gilead Sciences Research Scholar Award in Liver Disease
• Brian J. DeBosch, MD, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
AGA-Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Research Scholar Award in Neurogastroenterology
• Meenakshi Rao, MD, PhD, Columbia University in New York
AGA-Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Research Scholar Award in Gut Microbiome
• Lea Ann Chen, MD, New York University Langone Medical Center
AGA-Boston Scientific Career Development Technology and Innovation Award
• Guan Xu, PhD, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
R. Robert & Sally D. Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer
• Richard J. DiPaolo, PhD, St. Louis University
AGA Microbiome Junior Investigator Research Award
• Ting-Chin D. Shen, MD, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
AGA-Rome Foundation Pilot Award in Functional Gastroenterology and Motility
• Ans Pauwels, MPharmSc, PhD, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Flanders, Belgium
• Izumi Kaji, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
AGA-Caroline Craig Augustyn and Damian Augustyn Award in Digestive Cancer
• Costas A. Lyssiotis, PhD, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
AGA-Medtronic Research and Development Pilot Award in Technology
• Wa Xian, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston
AGA Elsevier Pilot Research Award
• Barbara Jung, MD, AGAF, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Kirk Wangensteen, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
AGA-Elsevier Gut Microbiome Pilot Research Award
• Mohamad Mokadem, MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City
AGA/AGA-GRG Fellow Abstract Prizes
• Dustin A. Carlson, MD, MS, Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
• Laura Edgington-Mitchell, PhD, Monash Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences in Parkville, Australia
• Basavaraj Kerur, MD, Hasbro Children Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, R.I.
• George Kunnackal John, MBBS, MSc, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
• Nabil Mansour, MD, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston
• Katsuyuki Miyabe, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
• Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD, John Hopkins University in Baltimore
• Gopanandan Parthasarathy, MBBS, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
• Amit Patel, MD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Eric Shah, MD, MBA, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
• Sarah P. Short, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
• Mimi Chang Tan, MD, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston
AGA-APFED Abstract Awards in Eosinophilic GI Disease Research
• Paul Dobria, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Alison Goldin, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston
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