Stem Cell and Organoid Modeling of Digestive Disease
Investigators from the Digestive Health Center lead research programs in Translational Embryology with the emphasis on combining mechanisms of tissue embryogenesis and organoid engineering to model human digestive diseases in the laboratory.
Members
Akihiro Asai, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Michael A. Helmrath, MD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of General and Thoracic Surgery
Christian Hong, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neurobiology
Stacey S. Huppert, PhD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Makiko Iwafuchi, PhD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Developmental Biology
Mansa Krishnamurthy, MD, MSc, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Endocrinology
Sean R. Moore, MD, MS, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Takanori Takebe, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
James M. Wells, PhD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Developmental Biology
Susanne I. Wells, PhD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Oncology
Peng V. Wu, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Oncology
Chunyue Yin, PhD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Yi Zheng, PhD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology
Aaron M. Zorn, PhD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Developmental Biology
