UIC - DDN - Research Conferences

Frontiers of GI Research Seminars - Wednesdays from 8-9 a.m.

"Frontiers" has had a wide range of informative lectures in previous years. A small sample of past speakers is listed below.

Interested in presenting your research to our faculty and research staff?

If so, please contact:
Xavier Llor, MD

Sample of Previous Guest Speakers

March 18, 2009	Dana Philpott, MD University of Toronto Department of Immunology Topic: Nod proteins in innate and adaptive immunity
March 11, 2009	Usha Menon, PhD, RN Department of Biobehavioral Health Science College of Nursing University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Education on colorectal cancer screening: Perhaps one size really does fit all?
March 4, 2009	Glenn Furuta, MD Director, Gastrointestinal Eosinophil Disease Program University of Colorado, Denver Topic: Esophageal Eosinophilia: Structure Function Relationships in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
February 25, 2009	Jerrold R. Turner, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology The University of Chicago Topic: Mechanisms of intestinal barrier regulation: No static at all
February 18, 2009	Ki Jong Rhee, PhD Digestive Diseases and Nutrition University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in colitis and cancer
February 11, 2009	Frank Meyskens, M.D. Director, Cancer Center University of California at Irvine Topic: Achieving colon cancer prevention with difluoromethylornithine: a long and winding road into the future
February 4, 2009	Richard Pestell, M.D. Professor and Chairman, Cancer Biology Director, Kimmel Cancer Center Philadelphia, PA Topic: New Signaling Mechanisms Governing Invasion and Metastasis in vivo
January 28, 2009	Andrew S. Neish, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Emory University School of Medicine Topic: Commensals and pathogens in the gut: Different dialogs, different outcomes
January 21, 2009	Sheila Crowe, M.D. Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Digestive Health Center of Excellence, University of Virginia Topic: Gastric Inflammation and oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of H. pylori-associated diseases
January 14, 2009	Deborah Gumucio, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Co-Director, Center for Organogenesis University of Michigan Topic: Hedgehog signaling in the intestine: New links to old diseases
January 7, 2009	Jonathan D. Licht, M.D. Johanna Dobe Professor & Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Topic: Sprouty1 a Regulator of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Critical for Organogenesis and Growth Control
December 17, 2008	Lawrence Schiller, M.D. Clinical Professor University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas Topic: The State of the Art in the Management of IBD
December 10, 2008	Nicholas Shaheen, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Director of the Center for Esophageal Diseases & Swallowing University of North Carolina Topic: Endoscopic Ablative Therapy in Barrett's Esophagus
December 3, 2008	Ece Mutlu, MD Director, IBD Program Rush University Medical Center Section of Gastroenterology and Nutrition Topic: Investigations into the gut microbiota: Implications for gastroenterology
November 19, 2008	Rhonda Souza, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Topic: Current and Emerging Concepts in Barrett's Esophagus
November 12, 2008	Lori Wallrath, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry University of Iowa Topic: The role of epigenetic chromatin regulators in cancer progression: Studies of Heterochromatin Protein 1
November 5, 2008	Jack H Kaplan, PhD, FRS Benjamin Goldberg Professor & Head Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Cellular Copper Transport and the Acquisition of Dietary Copper, an Essential Human Micronutrient
October 29, 2008	Brooks Cash, MD Chief, Gastroenterology and Colon Health Initiative, NNMC National Naval Medical Center Topic: Integrating CTC into the Practice of Gastroenterology: Lessons Learned
October 22, 2008	Terez Shea-Donohue, PhD Professor of Medicine and Physiology University of Maryland School of Medicine Topic: Tales from the Crypts: Mechanism of Immune Regulation of Gut Function
October 15, 2008	Ramesh Wali, PhD Co-Director, Colon Cancer Research Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Center Topic: Early Detection and Chemoprevention: A Defining Moment in Colon Cancer Management
October 8, 2008	Wancai Yang, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Crosstalk of JNK1 and beta-catenin in Intestinal Carcinogenesis
October 1, 2008	Terry Barrett, MD Chief of Gastroenterology Northwestern University Topic: Detection & chemoprevention in colitis-associated cancer
September 24, 2008	Shrikant Anant, PhD Director of Gastroenterology Research Program Leader, Gastrointestinal Cancers University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Topic: RNA binding protein and Cancer: When all else fails, silence the messenger
September 17, 2008	Paul Gold, MD Professor, Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Bioengineering Neuroscience Program and the Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Topic: Regulation of memory formation by circulating glucose levels
September 3, 2008	David Peura, M.D. University of Virginia Health Sciences Center Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Topic: H. pylori negative gastritis
June 18, 2008	11th Annual GI Fellow Research Symposium
June 4, 2008	Kim Hodges Digestive Diseases and Nutrition University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: EPEC-mediated Alteration of Sodium Absorption
May 14, 2008	DDW Practice Presentations Ali Esmaili, MD Xavier Llor, MD Seema Saksena, PhD
May 7, 2008	David S Weinberg, MD, MSc Medical Oncology Director of Gastroenterology Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia Topic: Guanylyl Cyclase C ( GCC) in the management of colorectal cancer
May 6, 2008	DDW Practice Presentations Kim Hodges Andrew Weflen
April 30, 2008	Lane L. Clarke, D.V.M., Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical Sciences Director of Graduate Studies University of Missouri-Columbia Topic: Acid-Base Transporters of the Villous Apical Membrane
April 23, 2008	Marc Singer, MD. Director, Incontinence Control Center Colorectal Surgery University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Obstructed Defacation
April 16, 2008	Jaleh Malakooti, PhD Research Assistant Professor Digestive Diseases & Nutrition University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Regulation of Human Intestinal Na+ Absorption
April 9, 2008	Sapna Syngal, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Medical Oncology/Population Sciences Center/Program Gastrointestinal Cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Topic: Genetic Testing for Colorectal Cancer
April 2, 2008	Stuart Spechler, M.D. Chief of Gastroenterology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Vice Chief, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases UT Southwestern Topic: Recent Issues in Barrett's Esophagus
March 26, 2008	Loren Laine, M.D. Chief, Section of Gastroenterology USC Medical Center Professor of Medicine Associate Director of GI and Liver Diseases University of Southern California School of Medicine Topic: Nonvariceal UGIB: An Evidence Based Approach
March 19, 2008	Ronnie Fass MD, FACP, FACG Professor of Medicine University of Arizona School of Medicine Head, Neuroenteric Clinical Research Group Director GI Motility Laboratories, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and University of Arizona Health Sciences Center Section of Gastroenterology Topic: The Relationship Between GERD and Sleep---A New Paradigm
March 12, 2008	Boris Pasche, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Northwestern University Topic: TGF-beta and gastrointestinal malignancies
March 5, 2008	Giamila Fantuzzi, PhD Associate Professor Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Obesity and acute pancreatitis
February 27,2008	Dale Buck Hales, Ph.D. Professor Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Inflammation and oxidative stress in ovarian cancer-- targets for dietary intervention
February 20,2008	Primal de Lanerolle, Ph.D. Professor Department of Physiology University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Proliferative Diseases
February 13, 2008	Ananda Chakrabarty, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Promiscuous anticancer, anti-HIV and anti-parasitic candidate drugs from pathogenic bacteria in the post-antibiotics era
February 6, 2008	Dr. Jongsook Kim Kemper, PhD Research Associate Professor Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Topic: Molecular Basis of SHP Action in Bile Acid Metabolism
January 23, 2008	Ravinder Gill, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Digestive Diseases & Nutrition University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: CLD: Function Revealed by Dysfunction
January 16, 2008	Joanne Tobacman, M.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine General Internal Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Bc110- and Hsp27-Mediated Mechanisms of Intestinal Inflammation
January 9, 2008	Rhonda D. Kineman, Ph.D. Associate Professor Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism University of Illinois at Chicago A novel model to explore the role of GH in adult (patho)physiology
December 19, 2007	Marc Singer, MD Director, Incontinence Control Center Colorectal Surgery University of Illinois at Chicago Evaluation and Treatment of Fecal Incontinence
December 12, 2007	Lyn Sue Kahng, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Digestive Diseases & Nutrition University of Illinois at Chicago Spatial and temporal regulation of DNA replication in Vibrio cholerae
December 5, 2007	P.V. Subbaiah, Ph.D. Professor Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and metabolism University of Illinois at Chicago *Sphingomyelin: Pro- or Anti-atherogenic?*
November 28, 2007	David Meyer, MD 3rd Year Gastroenterology Fellow Does Acetaminophen Potentiate the Gastroduodenal Mucosal Injury of Aspirin? A Prospective, Randomized, Pilot Study
November 14, 2007	John P. Lynch, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania The Complex Role of Cdx1 and Cdx2 in Normal Intestinal Epithelium and Human Neoplasias
November 7, 2007	Ajay Goel, Ph.D. Investigator/Senior Research Scientist Baylor University Medical Center GI Cancer Research Laboratory Genetic and epigenetic pathways in human colon cancer
October 31, 2007	Sarah Glover, DO Assistant Professor of Medicine Digestive Disease & Nutrition University of Illinois at Chicago ROCKing and RHOming the Extracellular Matrix in Colon Cancer
October 23, 2007	Grand Rounds: Michele Goodwin University of Chicago Altruism's Limits In Organ Transplantation
October 24, 2007	Claus J. Fimmel, M.D. Professor of Internal Medicine Loyola University Medical Center Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition How to find a cancer marker without trying
October 17, 2007	Susan Uprichard, PhD Assistant Professor Section of Hepatology University of Illinois at Chicago HCV Research Today and Tomorrow
October 10, 2007	Rahul Nayak, MD, MBA 2nd Year Gastroenterology Fellow Comparative, double-blind, two-arm parallel clinical trial of the effects of treatment with Plantago ovata on aberrant crypt foci (ACF) formation and its molecular alterations in human subjects
October 3, 2007	Dennis Lanning, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology & Immunology Loyola University B Cell Development Driven by Intestinal Commensals
September 26, 2007	Ali Keshavarzian, M.D. Josephine M. Dyrenforth Professor of Medicine Director, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Vice Chairman of Medicine for Academic and Research Affairs Rush University Medical Center From bed side to bench back to bed side: Inflammation to Illness-connecting the dots
September 19, 2007	John Cuppoletti, Ph.D. Professor Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology University of Cincinnati Chloride channels of the Epithelia
September 12, 2007	Angela Tyner, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Protein tyrosine kinase 6: A regulator of growth, differentiation, and survival in the intestine
September 5, 2007	Stephan Targan, M.D. Division Director of Gastroenterology Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and Immunobiology Institute Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2007: A model disease for merging basic, translational and clinical science

Questions or Comments regarding the Research Conference?
Please contact, Xavier Llor, MD

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Boris Pasche, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Northwestern University Topic: TGF-beta and gastrointestinal malignancies

Boris Pasche, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University
Topic: TGF-beta and gastrointestinal malignancies