DDW 2009 Photos Available Online

Photographs from DDW 2009 can now be viewed and ordered online.

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Charles S. Lieber Fund Established

Charles S. Lieber, MD, MACP, FACG, recipient of the AGA Distinguished Achievement Award, passed away on March 1, 2009 at his home in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. In recognition of his work in gastroenterology, his family has established the Charles S. Lieber Fund within the AGA Foundation that will establish a named award or lecture in his honor.

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A Strong Foundation For Turbulent Times

The AGA Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition distributed almost $3 million in research grants in 2008. Despite the current stormy economic climate, the Foundation aims to distribute the same amount in 2009.

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: Edda Fiebiger, PhD
AGA Research Scholar Awards (2008)
Studies on the role of lgE-Fc-epsilon-RI-mediated immune responses in the gastrointestinal tract
: Andres Roig, MD
Fellowship to Faculty Transition Award (2008)
Cancer Progression of Normal Human Colonic Epithelial Cells
: Susan Uprichard, PhD
Pilot Research Initiative Award (2008)
Assessment of in vivo selectable replicon for developing mouse models of HCV replication
: Atsushi Sakuraba, MD
AGA Centocor International Research Fellowship in Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Immunology (2008)
Role of TLR 6 in IL-10 regulation and IBD
: Sheila Crowe, BSc, PhD
R. Robert and Sally D. Funderburg Research Scholar Award in Gastric Biology Related to Cancer (2008)
Role of AP Endonuclease-1/Redox Factor-1 in Regulation of the Gastric Epithelium: Implications for Gastric Carcinogenesis