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Digestive Health Center

Advisory Committees

The Digestive Health Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. 

Executive Committee

Internal Advisory Committee

  • Sandra F. Degen, PhD, Associate Chair, Academic Affairs; Professor of Pediatrics   
  • James E. Heubi, MD, Associate Chair, Clinical Investigation of Pediatrics; Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Co-Director Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training; Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  • Kristine Justus, PhD, Assistant Director, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation; Vice President, Research Operations and Management, Associate Professor fo Pediatrics
  • Christopher Karp, MD, Professor and Director, Division of Molecular Immunology
  • Jeffrey Robbins, PhD, Executive Co-Director, Heart Institute; Professor and Director, Molecular Cardiovascular Biology; Associate Chair for Research Core Programs; Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

External Advisory Committee

  • Judy H. Cho, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale University
  • Sanjeev Gupta, MD, FACP, FRCP, The Eleazar and Feige Reicher Chair in Translational Medicine, Professor of Medicine (Hepatology) and Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Klaus H. Kaestner, PhD, Thomas and Evelyn Suor Butterworth Professor in Genetics, Department of Genetics, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • D. Brent Polk, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics; Physician-in-Chief & Vice President of Academic Affairs, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Vice-Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Southern California; Director, The Saban Research Institute