Research Programs

About Our Research

Research efforts within the Pediatric Gastroenterology division include projects involving: inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis), feeding and swallowing disorders, nutritional disorders, eosinophilic esophagitis, liver disorders, and many more.

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.

Our Research Programs

Low Dose Oral Methotrexate in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease Patients Initiating Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor (Anti-TNF) Therapy (COMBINE)

The Pediatric IBD Network Improvement Collaborative

Mepolizumab for EoE Study

Feeding Tool Study

IBD Partners Kids & Teens

Our Researchers

Francisco Sylvester, MD

Professor and Division Chief

Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR

Assistant Professor

Matthew Egberg, MD, MPH, MMSc

Assistant Professor

Ajay Gulati, MD

Professor

Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH

Professor