Latest advances in research highlighted at IBD Research Symposium

Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD, from Case Western Reserve University presents at the Penn State College of Medicine Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Symposium on Friday, Oct. 11.

The Penn State College of Medicine Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Research Symposium was held again at the Hershey Country Club on Friday, Oct. 11.

This event is designed to highlight cutting-edge research related to better understanding the causes, effects and management of IBD, including important work being undertaken at Penn State.

Priya Arumugam, PhD, details her IBD research work.

This year, the Symposium was headlined by the keynote speaker, Dajiang Liu, PhD, from Penn State and the distinguished invited speaker, Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD, from Case Western Reserve University, both of whom are internationally recognized for their research work. Several investigators associated with the Carlino Family IBD Center hosted and presented research at this event, including members of the Division of Colorectal Surgery (such as Gregory Yochum, PhD, and Olivia Ziegler, MD) and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (among them Matthew Coates, MD, PhD; Ronald Panganiban, MD PhD; Priya Arumugam, PhD; and Raz Abdulqadir, MSc). Additionally, several other collaborating investigators provided outstanding presentations, including Emily Davenport, PhD, Guy Townsend, PhD, and Wes Raup-Konsavage, PhD.

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