Digestive Health Center Newsletter
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The Digestive Health Center (DHC) Newsletter is a quarterly update on the services available to members of the Digestive Health Center: Bench-to-Bedside Research In Pediatric Digestive Disease and interested investigators.
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Volume 6 Issue 2 (.pdf)
Highlights from the Current Issue
DHC Receives American Recovery and Reinvestment Funds
The Digestive Health Center (DHC) has received an administrative supplement award from the American Recovery and Reinvest Act. The center will use these funds to acquire a real time multiplex PCR instrument. The award will also provide additional support to current pilot and feasibility recipients and will increase the amount and number of awards for our next round of pilot and feasibility applications.
Please download the full issue to read more.
Request for Pilot and Feasibility Applications
Applications are solicited for pilot projects to conduct basic, translational, and patient based or outcomes research broadly relating to pediatric digestive disease. Applications will be considered in all areas of digestive disease research with particular emphasis on the following Digestive Health Center research themes: 1) Chronic Liver Disease; 2) Digestive Organ Failure and Transplantation; 3) Inflammatory and Diarrheal Diseases; 4) Obesity.
Funds will support highly focused projects from individual investigators and are intended to provide support to collect preliminary data sufficient to support an application for independent research through traditional NIH mechanisms. Funding for projects will range from $40,000 to $50,000 depending on budgetary needs and number of selected applications.
Please download the full issue to read more about eligibility and guidelines.
Welcome New DHC Members
The DHC is pleased to welcome 6 new members:
Kasper Hoebe, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Molecular Immunology, Dept. of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's. One area of Dr. Hoebe’s research is to identify the physiological role of GIMAP5 in the development of colitis.
Jennifer Kaplan, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's. Her current research involves understanding critical links between inflammatory pathways in sepsis & obesity.
Alexander Miethke, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Dept. of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's. The goal of Dr. Miethke’s research is to delineate whether regulatory T cells contribute to the pathogenesis of biliary atresia.
Sean Moore, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Dept. of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's. Dr. Moore’s research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which a novel glutamine-based oral rehydration and nutrition therapy drives intestinal barrier repair in patients with diarrhea and malnutrition.
Charles (Chip) Samson, MD, is an Instructor in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Dept. of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's. His research interest is investigating the mechanisms involved in the homeostatic responses to gut injury and the role of the innate immune system in the development of inflammatory bowel disease.
Jeffrey Whitsett, MD, is Professor, Director of Perinatal Institute, and Chief, Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology, Dept. of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's. Dr. Whitsett’s digestive disease project focuses on the role of Sox, KLF, and Ets protein in GI development and function.
Last updated: September 10, 2009
