Research Programs | Department of Pediatrics

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 of Pediatrics
Division Chief in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Matthew Egberg, MD, MPH, MMSc

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Ajay Gulati, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
Sabina Mir, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics