| 09/27/2023 | Rebecca Rubinstein, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Works in Progress: Effects of human milk oligosaccharides on Campylobacter infections in Nicaraguan Children |
| 10/04/2023 | David Leiman, MD, MSHP | Duke University | Dysphagia in older adults |
| 10/11/2023 | Edward Barnes, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 10/18/2023 | Trevor Barlowe, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Works in progress |
| 11/01/2023 | Walker Redd, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Works in progress: Assessing for racial disparities in the diagnostic evaluation of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in patients with dysphagia or esophageal food impaction |
| 11/08/2023 | Cary Cotton, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 11/15/2023 | Jared Sninsky, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Development and Validation of a Novel Machine Learning-Based Serum Protein Electrophoresis Biomarker Model: A Practical Treat-to-Target Tool for Ulcerative Colitis |
| 11/29/2023 | Joy Chang, MD, MS | University of Michigan | Shared decision making in eosinophilic esophagitis: Barriers and facilitators to patient-centered care |
| 12/06/2023 | Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Access to Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder in Patients with Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease and Cirrhosis: Why Does the Treatment Gap Exist and What Can We Do? |
| 12/13/2023 | Multiple Speakers | UNC at Chapel Hill | Errors in Literature |
| 12/20/2023 | Stephanie Borinsky, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Treatment Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization in Eosinophilic Esophagitis |
| 01/10/2024 | Meghan O’Leary, PhD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Using systems science to implement and evaluate colorectal cancer screening programs in diverse settings |
| 01/17/2024 | Trevor Barlowe, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Works in progress: glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists do not increase the risk of aspiration events during upper endoscopy |
| 01/24/2024 | Eric Shah, MD, MBA | University of Michigan Health | GI Innovation and entrepreneurship: empowering the next generation of gastroenterologists with a rewarding career path |
| 01/31/2024 | David Ransohoff, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | The power of designing focused questions for the reliability of clinical research: a discussion using a recent study on gallstone disease |
| 02/07/2024 | John Baron, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | What happened to Vioxx? |
| 02/14/2024 | Brian Sullivan, MD | Duke University | Understanding and implementing quality improvement in GI |
| 02/21/2024 | Hans Herfarth, MD, PhD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Investigator initiated studies: lessons learned |
| 02/28/2024 | Luther Bartelt, MD, DTM&H | UNC at Chapel Hill | Individual and community costs of childhood malnutrition |
| 02/28/2024 | Emily Ciccone, MD, MHS | UNC at Chapel Hill | Intestinal dysbiosis, pathogen amplification, and spread |
| 03/06/2024 | John Haydek, MD, MSCS | UNC at Chapel Hill | Non-invasive biochemical versus endoscopic surveillance of disease activity for patients with ulcerative colitis in clinical remission |
| 03/20/2024 | Cary Cotton, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Works in Progress; measuring health state utility for health economics research in eosinophilic esophagitis |
| 03/27/2024 | Michael Li, MD, MPH | University of California | Immunotherapy and liver disease |
| 04/10/2024 | Jennifer Lund, PhD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Developing a research program on climate change and health |
| 04/17/2024 | Douglas Robertson, MD, MPH | Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine | Colorectal cancer screening and the CONFIRM trial |
| 04/24/2024 | Multiple Speakers | UNC at Chapel Hill | DDW Practice Talks |
| 05/08/2024 | Disha Subramaniam | UNC at Chapel Hill | Works in progress |
| 07/24/2024 | Robert Sandler, MD, MPH and Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 07/31/2024 | Edward Barnes, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 08/07/2024 | Andrew Moon, MD, MPH and Donna Evon, PhD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 08/14/2024 | Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR and Matthew Egberg, MD, MPH, MMSc | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 08/21/2024 | Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD and Cary Cotton, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 09/04/2024 | Evan Dellon, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 09/11/2024 | Multiple Speakers | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research: journal editor roundtable |
| 09/18/2024 | Peter Leese, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research: research resources at UNC |
| 09/25/2024 | Multiple Speakers | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research: research resources at UNC |
| 10/02/2024 | Walker Redd, MD, MSCR and Trevor Barlowe, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | ACG Practice Talks |
| 10/09/2024 | Jared Sninsky, MD, MSCR | Baylor College of Medicine | Non-invasive biomarkers of disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease: prospective pilot data and future directions |
| 10/23/2024 | Matthew Egberg, MD, MPH, MMSc | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 11/06/2024 | Ellen Green, MD, PhD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Works in Progress: Emergency presentation diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in SEER-Medicare beneficiaries; disparities and undertreatment |
| 11/13/2024 | Caitlin Murphy, PhD, MPH | UT Health Houston | Early life exposures and risk of gastrointestinal cancers |
| 11/20/2024 | Manasi Agrawal, MD | Icahn School of Medicine | Environmental pollutants and inflammatory bowel disease |
| 12/04/2024 | Meghan O’Leary, PhD and Kristen Lich, PhD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Using simulation and systems mapping to assess the potential impact and cost-effectiveness of approaches to improving colorectal cancer screening in public health screening initiatives |
| 12/11/2024 | Multiple Speakers | UNC at Chapel Hill | NC TraCS Institute panel on engagement, inclusive science and recruitment |
| 12/18/2024 | Multiple Speakers | UNC at Chapel Hill | Errors in Literature |
| 01/08/2025 | Gabriel Lupu, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | WIP: Less restrictive Medicaid policies for DAA access are associated with greater declines in HCC-related deaths |
| 01/15/2025 | Sonia Napravnik, PhD | UNC at Chapel Hill | AI v EHR data |
| 01/22/2025 | Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Lessons learned from applying for foundation career development award |
| 01/29/2025 | Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Tips for preparing a successful submission to PCORI: lessons learned in planning a study in Pediatric IBD |
| 02/05/2025 | Dazhe Chen, PhD | NIEHS/NIH | Pesticide exposure and inflammatory bowel disease in two prospective cohort studies |
| 02/12/2025 | Robert Sandler, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Nuts and bolts of how to get a study started |
| 02/19/2025 | David Ransohoff, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Stories of success and failure in cancer screening test development and commercialization |
| 02/26/2025 | Jessie Edwards, PhD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Designing target emulation trials |
| 03/05/2025 | Benjamin Sines, MD, MSCR | UNC at Chapel Hill | Data driven biologic understanding of disease and treatment response inference |
| 03/19/2025 | Oren Fix, MD, MSc | UNC at Chapel Hill | Generative AI large language models (LLMs) for clinical care in hepatology and gastroenterology |
| 03/26/2025 | Maire Conrad, MD, MS | University of Pennsylvania | Distinct features of the gut microbiome in children with inflammatory bowel disease |
| 04/02/2025 | Cary Cotton, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Works in Progress |
| 04/09/2025 | Disha Subramanian | UNC at Chapel Hill | Work in Progress: Missing data in external comparator arms for pediatric IBD trials |
| 04/16/2025 | David Ransohoff, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Cancer Screening Part II: Developing screening beyond the 5 ‘standard of care’ tests: Challenges and approaches in 2025 |
| 04/23/2025 | Angelica Lackey, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Increasing social vulnerability impacts EoE presentation and decreases treatment response in eosinophilic esophagitis |
| 04/23/2025 | Edward Barnes, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Partnering with Industry: An opportunity to expand research opportunities |
| 04/30/2025 | Jared Sninsky, MD, MSCR | UNC at Chapel Hill | Quasi-experimental study design and non-invasive biomarkers of inflammation in IBD |
| 05/07/2025 | David Ransohoff, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Developing new cancer screening tests in 2025: Difficult challenges and potential approaches |
| 07/23/2025 | Trevor Barlowe, MD, MSCR and Gabriel Lupu, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research: Performing clinical research at UNC |
| 07/30/2025 | Robert Sandler, MD, MPH and Andrew Moon, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 08/13/2025 | Edward Barnes, MD, MSCR | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 08/20/2025 | Donna Evon, PhD and Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 08/27/2025 | Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 09/03/2025 | Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD, MSCR | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 09/10/2025 | Evan Dellon, MD, MPH and Cary Cotton, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research |
| 09/17/2025 | Andrew Moon, MD, MPH; Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH; and Robert Sandler, MD, MPH | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research: Journal Editor Roundtable |
| 09/24/2025 | Eric Orman, MD, MSCR | Indiana University | Cirrhosis readmissions: Challenges and progress over the last decade |
| 10/22/2025 | Anne Peery, MD, MSCR | UNC at Chapel Hill | Introduction to division research: Research resources at UNC |
| 11/05/2025 | Alison Faust, MD and Shari Rogal, MD, MPH | University of Pittsburgh | Using implementation science to improve care for alcohol associated liver disease |
| 11/12/2025 | Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD | University of Wisconsin | Prevention of C-difficile in healthcare systems |
| 11/19/2025 | Patricia Jones, MD, MSCR | University of Miami | Health related social needs in patients with liver cancer |
| 12/03/2025 | Lauren Nephew, MD, MA, MSCR | Indiana University | From describing to intervening on barriers to care access in end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma |
| 12/10/2025 | Karn Wijampreecha, MD & Claire Faulkner, MD, MPH | University of Arizona | Neighborhood disadvantage and clinical outcomes in MASLD |
| 01/07/2026 | Oren Fix, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Epic Cosmos |
| 01/14/2026 | Kira Newman, MD, PhD | University of Michigan | Clinical outcomes and equity in LGBTQIA+ populations |
| 01/21/2026 | Jeff Berinstein, MD, MSc | University of Michigan | Getting SMART about Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis: Developing personalized adaptive treatment strategies to lower the colectomy rate |
| 01/28/2026 | Josh Fuchs, PhD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Clinical note data extraction with large language models |
| 02/04/2026 | Trevor Barlowe, MD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Works in progress |
| 02/11/2026 | Joy Chang, MD, MS | University of Michigan | From training to early independence: Navigating a career in academic research |
| 02/18/2026 | Prashant Singh, MBBS | University of Michigan | From design to dinner: Lessons learned from diet trials |
| 02/25/2026 | Michael Fried, MD, FAASLD | UNC at Chapel Hill | Navigating the dual path: Academic excellence & entrepreneurial innovation |
| 03/04/2026 | Corey Ketchem, MD | Northwestern | Evolving methods for real-world data research: Lessons from EoE |
| 03/11/2026 | Patricia Bloom, MD | Mayo Clinic | Crafting investigator-initiated trials with translational impact |
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