{"id":3149,"date":"2019-05-16T10:04:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/?page_id=3149"},"modified":"2024-03-11T14:07:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T18:07:25","slug":"gastroenterology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/research\/areas-of-research\/gastroenterology\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastroenterology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"department-intro\"><div class=\"wc-theme-box\"><h1>Gastroenterology\n             <\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h4>About Our Research<\/h4>\n<p>Research efforts within the Pediatric Gastroenterology division include projects involving: inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn\u2019s disease and ulcerative colitis), feeding and swallowing disorders, nutritional disorders, eosinophilic esophagitis, liver disorders, and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Our faculty collaborates in these projects with colleagues across campus, including researchers working throughout the School of Medicine, the School of Pharmacy, and the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease.<\/p>\n<h4>Ongoing Clinical Trials and Studies<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.improvecarenow.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Pediatric IBD Network Improvement Collaborative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/researchforme.unc.edu\/index.php\/en\/study-details?rcid=3004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tissue Repository for Inflammatory &amp; Allergic Chronic GI diseases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/researchforme.unc.edu\/index.php\/en\/study-details?rcid=3008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EoE Tooth Fairy Study: Environmental Risk Factors for Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/researchforme.unc.edu\/index.php\/en\/study-details?rcid=3958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Individualized Diet Elimination for Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Our Researchers<\/h4>\n<div class=\"container-fluid divisions-container multi-column\">\n    \n            <article class=\"row post entry\">\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                                                \t\t\n                    <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2020\/06\/Egberg-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew D. Egberg, MD, MPH\" height=\"160\" width=\"120\" \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2020\/06\/Egberg-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/directory\/matthew-d-egberg-md-mph\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                            Matthew D. Egberg, MD, MPH                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h2> \n                \n                                                                                                <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n\n            <article class=\"row post entry\">\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                                                \t\t\n                    <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/03\/Gulati-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ajay Gulati, MD\" height=\"160\" width=\"120\" \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/03\/Gulati-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n      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alt=\"Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH\" height=\"160\" width=\"120\" \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/03\/Kappelman2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/directory\/michael-kappelman-md-mph\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                            Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h2> \n                \n                                                                                                <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n\n            <article class=\"row post entry\">\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                                                \t\t\n                    <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/06\/Mir.jpg\" alt=\"Sabina Mir, MD\" height=\"160\" width=\"120\" \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/06\/Mir.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n                <h2 class=\"entry-title\">                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/directory\/sabina-mir-md\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n                            Sabina Mir, MD                        <\/a>\n                          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