Gastroenterology Fellowship
Research
First year fellows will discuss their general area of interest in research with the Program Director and seek advice on which faculty members inside and outside of the Division offer the best option for mentorship in that area. Fellows will meet regularly with their research mentors and collaborate with them to present research concepts and hypothesis to their Scholarship Oversight Committee (SOC) by the end of the second half of their first year of fellowship. Subsequently during the 2nd and 3rd year fellows will be required to meet with their SOC twice a year for comprehensive oversight and assessment of the progress of each fellow. SOCs will endorse fellow accomplishments for the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and verify that the Scholarly Activity requirement has been met. The SOC schedule is as follows:
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First Year
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First Meeting
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March - May
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Second Year
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Second Meeting
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Sept - Nov
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Third Meeting
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March - May
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Third Year
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Fourth Meeting
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Sept - Nov
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Fifth Meeting
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March - May
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In addition, fellows may meet on an ad-hoc basis whenever there is an unresolved issue and/or concern about their progress or resource needs, a need to review important findings, or in preparation for important events (i.e. fellow’s research presentation within the institution).
Faculty in other subspecialty divisions including Cardiology, Developmental Pediatrics, Surgery, Radiology, Emergency Medicine, and the laboratory programs at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Surgical Innovation and the NIH have agreed to be actively involved in mentoring GI fellows on mutually agreed upon research projects. The faculty from outside the GI Division who have agreed to mentor fellows include: Drs. Stephan Teach (Emergency Medicine), Tony Sandler (General Surgery), Ray Sze (Radiology), Peter Kim (Sheikh Institute), Eric Hoffman (Sheikh Institute) and Mark Batshaw (Metabolic Disorders).
Current Research Projects With-in the Division
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Project title
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Funding source
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Funding awarded by peer review process
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Years of funding (dates)
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Faculty investigator and role in grant (i.e. PI, Co-PI, Co-investigator)
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Pegylated interferon +/- Ribavirin for children with hepatitis C.
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NIDDK and Roche Labs
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X
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10/2006 – 9/2010
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Parvathi Mohan, co-investigator
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A Comparative Study of the Antiviral Efficacy and Safety of Entecavir (ETV) versus Placebo in Pediatric Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection who are HBeAg-Positive- a multi-center Phase III study.
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NIDDK
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X
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8/2010 – 7/2012
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Parvathi Mohan, co-investigator
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Evaluation of Current Practices in Celiac Disease
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0
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0
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0
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John Snyder, PI
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Effect of IBD on menstrual regularity in adolescent females
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0
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0
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0
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Laurie Conklin, PI
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Natural History of Intestinal Rehabilitation Patients
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0
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0
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0
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Clara Torres, PI
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