Bench-to-Bedside Research in Pediatric Digestive Disease
About the DHC
The DHC is one of 16 Digestive Disease Research Centers in the US.
The Digestive Health Center (DHC) is one of only 16 Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (DDRCC) in the nation supported by the National Institutes of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases. The Digestive Health Center, located within Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, serves as a University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center resource that has attracted new investigators to foster digestive disease research and make significant discoveries relating to pediatric digestive diseases.
Director: Mitchell B. Cohen, MD
Associate Director: Jorge A. Bezerra, MD
Program Manager: Cynthia C. Wetzel, PhD
The DHC includes 41 investigators and 27 associate members from 15 different divisions within the Department of Pediatrics and a total of 8 departments within the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine.
Learn More About the Digestive Health Center
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Our newsletter, DHC digest, is a great source for upcoming meetings/seminars, recent research discoveries, and core facilities updates.
EGID Symposium
Please join us July 31 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for our first annual Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders (EGID) in children and adults conference.
To sign up or learn more, please see the EGID brochure.


Last updated: December 29, 2008