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.
