The 16th Annual Frontiers in Digestive Disease Symposium was held on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center. With more than 115 investigators, clinicians, trainees, and students in attendance, it was fantastic day of cutting-edge science and career development activities. Congratulations to our three poster award winners:
- First Place: Luqiong Wang, University of Texas Health Science Center – “Decoding Human Norovirus Tropism via Single-Cell RNA Analysis”
- Second Place: Lauren Lynch, Baylor College of Medicine - "Microbially Derived Branched-Chain Fatty Acids Regulate Colonic Permeability in Protein Malnutrition"
- Third Place: Sohini Banerjee, Baylor College of Medicine - “Microbiome changes associated with nitazoxanide in a randomized, double-blind study for the treatment of chronic norovirus infections in solid organ transplant recipients"
Special thanks to our meeting organizers: Doug Burrin, Ph.D., (Baylor College of Medicine) J. Marc Rhoads, M.D., (The University of Texas Health Science Center) and Cynthia Ju, Ph.D. (The University of Texas Health Science Center), as well as our Advisory Committees;, PIE Committee, poster judges, event staff, and the following speakers.
- Seema Aceves, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine, University of California San Diego
- Julia Dunn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Colorado
- Jill Weatherhead, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Infectious Disease, Baylor College of Medicine
- Valerie Abadie, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Chicago
- Cynthia Ju, Ph.D., Professor, Endowed Chair, Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center
- Greg Guthrie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Children’s Nutrition Research Center
- Krupa Mysore, M.D., M.S., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine designated this live activity for a maximum of 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity Opportunity for Physician and Physician Assistant QI Poster Authors and Co-Authors to earn Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part 4 Credits. Click here for full CME information.
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Posters and Abstracts
Poster/Abstract submission is now closed. If you have any questions, contact Sara Tristan at escamill@bcm.edu.
Previous Symposia
Since 2009, our annual scientific symposium, which is organized in conjunction with the DDC Annual Poster Competition and Early Career Mixer, has featured cutting-edge thematic topics. This annual event has steadily grown in popularity with both in-person and virtual attendance.
Recent themes of symposia have included:
- (2025) Immune Dysregulation and Digestive Diseases
- (2024) Frontiers in GI Cell Biology: Crosstalk and Communication
- (2023) Metabolic Communication in Digestive Diseases
- (2022) Single Cell Biology
- (2021) Phages, Viruses & Digestive Diseases
- (2020) The Gut as an Endocrine Organ: Implications for GI and Liver Disease
- (2019) Infection and Injury as a Precursor to GI and Liver Cancer
- (2018) Frontiers of the Microbiome Gut-Brain Axis
- (2017) Emerging Significance of Bile Acids in Digestive and Liver Diseases
- (2016) Frontiers in Regenerative Medicine in Digestive and Liver Disease
- (2015) Frontiers in IBD 2015
- (2014) The Gut Microbiome in GI Health & Disease
- (2013) Stem Cells in GI Health & Disease
- (2011) Epigenetics in GI Health and Disease
- (2010) Infection in GI Health and Disease
