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Supporting Investigative Science: The ACG 2021 Clinical Research Awards
In 2021, the College offers Clinical Research Awards of up to $50,000 for original clinical research. The mission of this awards program is to fund innovative research that is patient-care oriented. The Committee also considers proposals for pilot awards of up to $15,000 within this category.
2021 ACG Clinical Research Awards
Freddy Caldera, DO, MS
University of Wisconsin-Madison; Immunogenicity and Safety of a COVID-19 Vaccine in Patient with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Liver Transplant Recipients
Girish Hiremath, MD, MPH
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics to Unravel HostMicrobiome Cross-talk in Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Amanda Muir, MD, MTR
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Evaluating Eating Behaviors in Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Robert Wong, MD, MS, FACG
Stanford University School of Medicine/ Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System; Evaluating Epidemiology and Outcomes of Patients with Hepatitis B Virus and Tuberculosis Co-Infection Across Two Unique Hepatitis B Cohorts
Neil Marya, MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School; Development and Validation of a Cytology-based Convolutional Neural Network Model for the Diagnosis of Cholangiocarcinoma
2021 ACG Clinical Research Awards Pilot Projects
Michael Li, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Predictors and Outcomes of SteroidRefractory Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Hepatitis
Guilherme Piovezani Ramos, MD
Mayo Clinic The Use of the Metabolome to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Checkpoint Inhibitor Associated Colitis
THE ACG INSTITUTE IS PROUD TO SPOTLIGHT RECENT YOUNG AWARDEES WHO ARE PRESENTING AT ACG 2021
Recipients of the ACG Clinical Research Award continue to make significant contributions to the field of clinical gastroenterology and are a source of tremendous pride for the ACG Institute.
For ACG 2021, the College is proud to highlight a 2021 2021 recipient of the ACG Medical Student Research Award: Mr. Matthew Zhao
of the David Geffen School
of Medicine at UCLA. He will be presenting his current research at ACG 2021 entitled The Impact of Renal Function on Hepatic Encephalopathy Following Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement for Refractory Ascites.
ACG Future Leaders
In 2021, the College offers Medical Resident Clinical Research Awards of up to $10,000, and Medical Student Research Awards of up to $5,000. The mission of this awards program is to fund innovative research that is patient care-oriented. 2021 ACG Medical Resident Clinical Research Awards
Chansong Choi, MD, MS
Mayo Clinic Exploration of Sarcopenia Index (SI) Among Patients with Cirrhosis
Roupen Djinbachian, MD
University of Montreal Effect of Serrated Polyps at Index Colonoscopy on Risk of Metachronous High-Risk Adenomas
Achintya Singh, MBBS, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Predictors for Recurrence of Ampullary Polyps after Endoscopic Papillectomy: A Multicenter, Retrospective Study
2021 ACG Medical Student Research Awards
Chung-Heng (Peter) Liu, BS, MS
Drexel University College of Medicine Clinical Predictors of Intensive Care Unit Transfer in Admitted Patients with Cirrhosis
Matthew Zhao, BS
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA The Role of Chronic Kidney Disease in the Development of Hepatic Encephalopathy Following Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement for Refractory Ascites
