The AGA Research Foundation is more important than it has ever been in supporting the careers of young investigators, for two reasons. First, the federal government is no longer a reliable partner to provide the funds for research that we have depended on up to now. Second, the timing is so important. We are at the threshold of key research advances that will cure digestive diseases. We have the manpower, we have trained the people, now we need to have the security that they can stay in research and advance these cures. The AGA Research Foundation offers that security through its research awards program.
In a new video for the foundation, six gastroenterologists join together to discuss how GI research will advance our field and improve the lives of the patients of tomorrow.
The video features:
• Claudia D. Andl, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
• Kim E. Barrett, Ph.D., AGAF, University of California, San Diego
• Lin Chang, M.D., David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
• Looi Ee, MBBS, FRACP, Royal Children’s Hospital, Queensland, Australia
• Kara Gross Margolis, M.D., Columbia University, New York
• Yvonne Romero, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
To watch the video, visit www.gastro.org/foundation.
