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AGA is proud to announce the 61 recipients selected to receive research funding through its annual AGA Research Foundation Awards Program. The program serves as a catalyst for discovery and career growth among the most promising researchers in gastroenterology and hepatology.
“Our award recipients demonstrate an undeniable determination to improve the care of digestive health patients,” said Robert S. Sandler, MD, MPH, AGAF, chair of the AGA Research Foundation. “We are investing in talented early-career investigators knowing that their work will ultimately benefit patients with critical needs.”
“In the past year, we expanded our awards program and elevated the importance of engaging underrepresented groups into the field of GI research,” Dr. Sandler said. “We are encouraged by the range of candidates who applied for funding and look forward to the results of their research.”
The AGA Research Foundation Awards Program is made possible thanks to generous donors and funders.
Here are this year’s award recipients:
Research Scholar Awards
AGA Research Scholar Award
Kathleen Curtius, PhD, MS, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Trisha Satya Pasricha, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Bomi Lee, PhD, MS, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
Christine E. Eyler, MD, PhD, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Joel Gabre, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York
AGA–Bern Schwartz Family Fund Research Scholar Award in Pancreatic Cancer
Srinivas Gaddam, MD, MPH, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
AGA–Takeda Pharmaceuticals Research Scholar Award in Celiac Disease
Claire L. Jansson-Knodell, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland
Specialty Awards
AGA–R. Robert & Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer
Eunyoung Choi, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
AGA–Caroline Craig Augustyn & Damian Augustyn Award in Digestive Cancer
Sarah Palmer Short, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Pilot Awards
AGA–Medtronic Pilot Research Award in Artificial Intelligence
Dennis Shung, MD, MHS, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
AGA–Merck Pilot Research Award in Colorectal Cancer Health Disparities
Sonia Kupfer, MD, The University of Chicago, Chicago
AGA–Bristol Myers Squibb Pilot Research Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Health Disparities
Chung Sang Tse, MD, University of California, San Diego
AGA Pilot Research Award in Health Disparities (funded by Janssen Biotech)
Jennifer Flemming, MD, MAS, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
AGA Pilot Research Award in Digestive Disease Health Disparities
Young-Rock Hong, PhD, MPH, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
AGA–Amgen Pilot Research Award in Digestive Disease Health Disparities
Zachary Reichenbach, MD, PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia
AGA–Pfizer Pilot Research Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Melinda Engevik, PhD, MS, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Andre Paes Batista da Silva, PhD, MSC, DDS, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Karen Edelblum, PhD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, N.J.
Undergraduate Research Awards
AGA–Aman Armaan Ahmed Family Summer Undergraduate Research Award
Gabriela Ortiz, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Daniella Montalvo, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami
Subear Hussein, Children’s Hospital, Boston
Hussein Herz, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City
Kaleb Tesfai, University of California, San Diego
Varun Ponnusamy, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Abstract Awards
AGA Fellow Abstract of the Year Award
Masaru Sasaki, MD, PhD, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
AGA Student Abstract of the Year Award
Anitha Vijay, MS, Penn State University, State College, Pa.
Maafi Rizwana Islam, PhD, Marshall University, Huntington, W.V.
Fellow Abstract Awards
Nicolette Rodriguez, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
Hyunseok Kim, MD, PhD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Margaret Zhou, MD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
Steven Steinway, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Su-Hyung Lee, PhD, DVM, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Ian Greenberg, MD, Dallas Methodist Hospital, Dallas
Jonathan Xia, MD, PhD, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Donevan Westerveld, MD, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
Haley Zylberberg, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York
Maria Jesus Villanueva Millan, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Duke Geem, MD, PhD. Children s Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University, Atlanta
Fauzi Feris Jassir, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Melissa Musser, MD, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston
Student Abstract Awards
Kushal Saha, MS, BS, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.
Winston Liu, BS. Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Yoojin Sohn, BS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Jamie Yang, BS, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
Rachel Hopton, BS, University of Oregon, Eugene
Alina Li, BS, Columbia University, New York
Eleazar Montalvan Sanchez, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
Christina Lin, MD, BA, BS, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Santa Clara, Calif.
Conrad Fernandes, MD, BA, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Hajar Hazime, MS, BS, University of Miami
Blaine Prichard, BS, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.
Georgetta Skinner, MS, BS, A.T. Still University, Kirksville, Mo.
AGA Abstract Award for Health Disparities Research
Kai Wang, PhD (Fellow), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston
Alan De La Rosa, MD (Fellow), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Timothy Andrew Zaki, MD, BS (Student), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Megan McLeod, MD, MS, BA, University of California, Los Angeles (student)
AGA–APFED Abstract Award in Eosinophilic GI Diseases
Takeo Hara, MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Michael Wang, BS, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C.
Melissa Nelson, MD, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas
AGA–Moti L. & Kamla Rustgi International Travel Award
Joost Algera, MD, University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
Ashkan Rezazadeh Ardabili, MD, MS, BS, Maastricht (Netherlands) University Medical Center+
AGA research awards cycle now open
This year the AGA Research Foundation is awarding more than $2.5 million dollars to investigators who are passionate about improving digestive health. Get your piece of the research funding pie with one of our awards!
The AGA Research Foundation Awards Program recruits, retains, and supports the most promising researchers in gastroenterology and hepatology. With funding from the foundation, recipients have protected time to take their research to the next level. View our awards portfolio by career stage below, then mark your calendar for upcoming application deadlines. View additional information about each award.
AGA is proud to announce the 61 recipients selected to receive research funding through its annual AGA Research Foundation Awards Program. The program serves as a catalyst for discovery and career growth among the most promising researchers in gastroenterology and hepatology.
“Our award recipients demonstrate an undeniable determination to improve the care of digestive health patients,” said Robert S. Sandler, MD, MPH, AGAF, chair of the AGA Research Foundation. “We are investing in talented early-career investigators knowing that their work will ultimately benefit patients with critical needs.”
“In the past year, we expanded our awards program and elevated the importance of engaging underrepresented groups into the field of GI research,” Dr. Sandler said. “We are encouraged by the range of candidates who applied for funding and look forward to the results of their research.”
The AGA Research Foundation Awards Program is made possible thanks to generous donors and funders.
Here are this year’s award recipients:
Research Scholar Awards
AGA Research Scholar Award
Kathleen Curtius, PhD, MS, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Trisha Satya Pasricha, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Bomi Lee, PhD, MS, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
Christine E. Eyler, MD, PhD, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Joel Gabre, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York
AGA–Bern Schwartz Family Fund Research Scholar Award in Pancreatic Cancer
Srinivas Gaddam, MD, MPH, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
AGA–Takeda Pharmaceuticals Research Scholar Award in Celiac Disease
Claire L. Jansson-Knodell, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland
Specialty Awards
AGA–R. Robert & Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer
Eunyoung Choi, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
AGA–Caroline Craig Augustyn & Damian Augustyn Award in Digestive Cancer
Sarah Palmer Short, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Pilot Awards
AGA–Medtronic Pilot Research Award in Artificial Intelligence
Dennis Shung, MD, MHS, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
AGA–Merck Pilot Research Award in Colorectal Cancer Health Disparities
Sonia Kupfer, MD, The University of Chicago, Chicago
AGA–Bristol Myers Squibb Pilot Research Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Health Disparities
Chung Sang Tse, MD, University of California, San Diego
AGA Pilot Research Award in Health Disparities (funded by Janssen Biotech)
Jennifer Flemming, MD, MAS, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
AGA Pilot Research Award in Digestive Disease Health Disparities
Young-Rock Hong, PhD, MPH, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
AGA–Amgen Pilot Research Award in Digestive Disease Health Disparities
Zachary Reichenbach, MD, PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia
AGA–Pfizer Pilot Research Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Melinda Engevik, PhD, MS, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Andre Paes Batista da Silva, PhD, MSC, DDS, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Karen Edelblum, PhD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, N.J.
Undergraduate Research Awards
AGA–Aman Armaan Ahmed Family Summer Undergraduate Research Award
Gabriela Ortiz, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Daniella Montalvo, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami
Subear Hussein, Children’s Hospital, Boston
Hussein Herz, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City
Kaleb Tesfai, University of California, San Diego
Varun Ponnusamy, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Abstract Awards
AGA Fellow Abstract of the Year Award
Masaru Sasaki, MD, PhD, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
AGA Student Abstract of the Year Award
Anitha Vijay, MS, Penn State University, State College, Pa.
Maafi Rizwana Islam, PhD, Marshall University, Huntington, W.V.
Fellow Abstract Awards
Nicolette Rodriguez, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
Hyunseok Kim, MD, PhD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Margaret Zhou, MD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
Steven Steinway, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Su-Hyung Lee, PhD, DVM, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Ian Greenberg, MD, Dallas Methodist Hospital, Dallas
Jonathan Xia, MD, PhD, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Donevan Westerveld, MD, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
Haley Zylberberg, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York
Maria Jesus Villanueva Millan, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Duke Geem, MD, PhD. Children s Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University, Atlanta
Fauzi Feris Jassir, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Melissa Musser, MD, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston
Student Abstract Awards
Kushal Saha, MS, BS, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.
Winston Liu, BS. Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Yoojin Sohn, BS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Jamie Yang, BS, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
Rachel Hopton, BS, University of Oregon, Eugene
Alina Li, BS, Columbia University, New York
Eleazar Montalvan Sanchez, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
Christina Lin, MD, BA, BS, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Santa Clara, Calif.
Conrad Fernandes, MD, BA, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Hajar Hazime, MS, BS, University of Miami
Blaine Prichard, BS, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.
Georgetta Skinner, MS, BS, A.T. Still University, Kirksville, Mo.
AGA Abstract Award for Health Disparities Research
Kai Wang, PhD (Fellow), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston
Alan De La Rosa, MD (Fellow), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Timothy Andrew Zaki, MD, BS (Student), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Megan McLeod, MD, MS, BA, University of California, Los Angeles (student)
AGA–APFED Abstract Award in Eosinophilic GI Diseases
Takeo Hara, MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Michael Wang, BS, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C.
Melissa Nelson, MD, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas
AGA–Moti L. & Kamla Rustgi International Travel Award
Joost Algera, MD, University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
Ashkan Rezazadeh Ardabili, MD, MS, BS, Maastricht (Netherlands) University Medical Center+
AGA research awards cycle now open
This year the AGA Research Foundation is awarding more than $2.5 million dollars to investigators who are passionate about improving digestive health. Get your piece of the research funding pie with one of our awards!
The AGA Research Foundation Awards Program recruits, retains, and supports the most promising researchers in gastroenterology and hepatology. With funding from the foundation, recipients have protected time to take their research to the next level. View our awards portfolio by career stage below, then mark your calendar for upcoming application deadlines. View additional information about each award.
AGA is proud to announce the 61 recipients selected to receive research funding through its annual AGA Research Foundation Awards Program. The program serves as a catalyst for discovery and career growth among the most promising researchers in gastroenterology and hepatology.
“Our award recipients demonstrate an undeniable determination to improve the care of digestive health patients,” said Robert S. Sandler, MD, MPH, AGAF, chair of the AGA Research Foundation. “We are investing in talented early-career investigators knowing that their work will ultimately benefit patients with critical needs.”
“In the past year, we expanded our awards program and elevated the importance of engaging underrepresented groups into the field of GI research,” Dr. Sandler said. “We are encouraged by the range of candidates who applied for funding and look forward to the results of their research.”
The AGA Research Foundation Awards Program is made possible thanks to generous donors and funders.
Here are this year’s award recipients:
Research Scholar Awards
AGA Research Scholar Award
Kathleen Curtius, PhD, MS, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Trisha Satya Pasricha, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Bomi Lee, PhD, MS, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
Christine E. Eyler, MD, PhD, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Joel Gabre, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York
AGA–Bern Schwartz Family Fund Research Scholar Award in Pancreatic Cancer
Srinivas Gaddam, MD, MPH, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
AGA–Takeda Pharmaceuticals Research Scholar Award in Celiac Disease
Claire L. Jansson-Knodell, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland
Specialty Awards
AGA–R. Robert & Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer
Eunyoung Choi, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
AGA–Caroline Craig Augustyn & Damian Augustyn Award in Digestive Cancer
Sarah Palmer Short, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Pilot Awards
AGA–Medtronic Pilot Research Award in Artificial Intelligence
Dennis Shung, MD, MHS, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
AGA–Merck Pilot Research Award in Colorectal Cancer Health Disparities
Sonia Kupfer, MD, The University of Chicago, Chicago
AGA–Bristol Myers Squibb Pilot Research Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Health Disparities
Chung Sang Tse, MD, University of California, San Diego
AGA Pilot Research Award in Health Disparities (funded by Janssen Biotech)
Jennifer Flemming, MD, MAS, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
AGA Pilot Research Award in Digestive Disease Health Disparities
Young-Rock Hong, PhD, MPH, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
AGA–Amgen Pilot Research Award in Digestive Disease Health Disparities
Zachary Reichenbach, MD, PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia
AGA–Pfizer Pilot Research Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Melinda Engevik, PhD, MS, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Andre Paes Batista da Silva, PhD, MSC, DDS, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Karen Edelblum, PhD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, N.J.
Undergraduate Research Awards
AGA–Aman Armaan Ahmed Family Summer Undergraduate Research Award
Gabriela Ortiz, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Daniella Montalvo, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami
Subear Hussein, Children’s Hospital, Boston
Hussein Herz, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City
Kaleb Tesfai, University of California, San Diego
Varun Ponnusamy, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Abstract Awards
AGA Fellow Abstract of the Year Award
Masaru Sasaki, MD, PhD, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
AGA Student Abstract of the Year Award
Anitha Vijay, MS, Penn State University, State College, Pa.
Maafi Rizwana Islam, PhD, Marshall University, Huntington, W.V.
Fellow Abstract Awards
Nicolette Rodriguez, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
Hyunseok Kim, MD, PhD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Margaret Zhou, MD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
Steven Steinway, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Su-Hyung Lee, PhD, DVM, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Ian Greenberg, MD, Dallas Methodist Hospital, Dallas
Jonathan Xia, MD, PhD, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Donevan Westerveld, MD, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
Haley Zylberberg, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York
Maria Jesus Villanueva Millan, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Duke Geem, MD, PhD. Children s Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University, Atlanta
Fauzi Feris Jassir, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Melissa Musser, MD, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston
Student Abstract Awards
Kushal Saha, MS, BS, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.
Winston Liu, BS. Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Yoojin Sohn, BS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Jamie Yang, BS, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
Rachel Hopton, BS, University of Oregon, Eugene
Alina Li, BS, Columbia University, New York
Eleazar Montalvan Sanchez, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
Christina Lin, MD, BA, BS, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Santa Clara, Calif.
Conrad Fernandes, MD, BA, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Hajar Hazime, MS, BS, University of Miami
Blaine Prichard, BS, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.
Georgetta Skinner, MS, BS, A.T. Still University, Kirksville, Mo.
AGA Abstract Award for Health Disparities Research
Kai Wang, PhD (Fellow), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston
Alan De La Rosa, MD (Fellow), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Timothy Andrew Zaki, MD, BS (Student), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Megan McLeod, MD, MS, BA, University of California, Los Angeles (student)
AGA–APFED Abstract Award in Eosinophilic GI Diseases
Takeo Hara, MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Michael Wang, BS, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C.
Melissa Nelson, MD, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas
AGA–Moti L. & Kamla Rustgi International Travel Award
Joost Algera, MD, University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
Ashkan Rezazadeh Ardabili, MD, MS, BS, Maastricht (Netherlands) University Medical Center+
AGA research awards cycle now open
This year the AGA Research Foundation is awarding more than $2.5 million dollars to investigators who are passionate about improving digestive health. Get your piece of the research funding pie with one of our awards!
The AGA Research Foundation Awards Program recruits, retains, and supports the most promising researchers in gastroenterology and hepatology. With funding from the foundation, recipients have protected time to take their research to the next level. View our awards portfolio by career stage below, then mark your calendar for upcoming application deadlines. View additional information about each award.