Digestive Health Center

Bench-to-Bedside Research in Pediatric Digestive Disease

About the DHC

The DHC is one of 16 Digestive Disease Research Centers in the US.

Welcome to the Digestive Health Center (DHC): Bench-to-Bedside Research in Pediatric Digestive Diseases.  The 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 DHC, 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 26 associate members from 14 different divisions within the Department of Pediatrics and a total of 7 departments within the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine.

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Our newsletter, DHC digest, is a great source for upcoming meetings/seminars, recent research discoveries, and core facilities updates.


Last updated: May 16, 2008