Digestive Health Center

Membership Guidelines

The Digestive Health Center (DHC) is one of only 17 Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (DDRCC) in the nation supported by the National Institutes of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases.

Membership is granted to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati Faculty based on the following criteria:

Full Membership "Investigator"

• Has active funded independent peer-reviewed research in digestive disease
• Interact with at least one other member of DHC or a Director of DHC core

Directing a DHC Core Facility qualifies for full membership.

Associate Membership

• Demonstrated commitment to digestive disease research as supported by peer-reviewed publication or pre-R01 funding

Membership Privileges

• Discounted rates for digestive disease related projects at the core facilities
• Priority use of the core facilities
• Priority registration for core facility workshops
• Inclusion on mailing and distribution lists

Obligations of Membership

• Participate regularly in DHC activities (i.e. attend weekly seminars, annual symposia and workshops)
• Provide requested information in a timely manner for use of the DHC administration
• Use one or more of the core services provided by the DHC
• Acknowledgement of the use of the core facilities and assistance in research funding by stating:
  "This project was supported in part by PHS Grant P30 DK078392." 

Membership Renewal

Status of Full Members will be reviewed at least every five years.

Status of Associate Members will be reviewed at least annually. Renewal will depend on research productivity as demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications and/or extramural grant on digestive disease.

How to Apply

Send the following information via email to Cynthia C. Wetzel, PhD; DHC Program Manager (cynthia.wetzel@cchmc.org)

1. Name, Title, Department, Phone number, Email
2. Updated NIH Biosketch
3. A list of all current funding
4. A description of your digestive disease research
5. 1-2 sentence description of proposed collaborations with current DHC members
6. A list of potential core use

The DHC Leadership will review your request with little delay.