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 and Systems Physiology
Stacey S. Huppert, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Makiko Iwafuchi, PhD, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Developmental Biology
Jonathan Merola, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery; Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
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
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
