Now more than ever, the AGA Research Foundation needs your support. At a time when funds from NIH and other traditional sources of support are in decline, the foundation plays an important role in medical research by providing grants to young scientists at a critical time in their research careers.
Your contribution will help us fulfill our vision of fostering the future of young researchers in gastroenterology and hepatology. By joining others in donating to the AGA Research Foundation, you will ensure that researchers have opportunities to continue their life-saving work.
Dr. Mark Donowitz
"The future of our field depends on advances made in research, bench, clinical and translational. I see firsthand that it’s increasingly difficult for investigators to secure funding, particularly those in the early stages of their career. We can’t afford to have our pipeline of researchers dry up. The AGA Research Foundation provides the funds that are necessary for these young investigators to continue their work and contribute to the field. That’s why I support the foundation."
– Mark Donowitz, M.D., AGAF
LeBoff Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, past AGA president and AGA Legacy Society member
Join your colleagues in supporting the foundation’s work. Demonstrate that you also see the value of research to the future of gastroenterology and as the basis of the work you do every day.
"I reached a point in my career where I realized how much of my ability to care for patients is a result of both clinical and basic research, and recognized that I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to give back and make a substantial gift to help continue research to benefit future generations."
– Patrick Quinn, M.D., AGAF
Practicing gastroenterologist at Northern New Mexico Gastroenterology, AGA Legacy Society member
Dr. Adam J. Bass
As a medical oncologist I have witnessed firsthand the horrible burden of [gastric cancer] and our urgent need to make progress in our ability to prevent, detect and treat this disease. With this support from the AGA, my laboratory at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will be able to follow up on new results with immediate potential translational relevance to the care of patients with gastric cancer.
– Adam J. Bass, M.D.
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 2012 R. Robert and Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer recipient
Your gift will make an immediate difference in the careers of young physician-scientists like these—and in the lives of countless patients who will benefit from their work.
Dr. Ashwin Ananthakrishnan
"Thanks to an AGA Research Scholar Award I’m able to continue research that will help us better understand the environmental risk factors for the development of Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis. This award came at a critical next step in my development into a leader in clinical and translational IBD research."
– Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, M.D., M.P.H.
Massachusetts General Hospital, 2011 AGA Research Scholar Award recipient
Join your colleagues in making a gift to the future of GI. Your tax-deductible contribution supports the foundation’s portfolio of research awards, which ensures that studies are funded, discoveries are made and patients are treated.
Donate today at gastro.org/contribute.
