Small Business: Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition – KUDS (10)
This special emphasis panel reviews small business applications related to the function, physiology and pathophysiology of the digestive system, including digestive diseases and inflammatory conditions, mucosal immunology and host-pathogen interactions in the context of digestive disease, the microbiome, GI motility, brain-gut interactions, nutrition including nutrient adsorption and metabolism, the exocrine pancreas and pancreatic disease, liver and hepatobiliary physiology and pathophysiology.
Review Dates
Topics
- Development and evaluation of new techniques for investigating, diagnosing and treating disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas.
- Development of new techniques for the evaluation and treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflex Disease (GERD).
- Application of new technologies and methodologies to the diagnosis and treatment of Inflammatory Bowel disease (IBD) including Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis, MASH, MAFLD, ALD and liver fibrosis.
- Novel approaches to regeneration and tissue engineering of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas.
- Novel approaches to liver transplant and tissue preservation.
- Development of pre- and probiotic based therapies for the treatment of gastrointestinal and liver disease.
- Clinical assessment and treatment strategies for gastrointestinal diseases, for example fecal incontinence, colon polyps, short bowel syndrome.
- Manipulation of microbiome and microbiome-based treatment strategies for digestive diseases.
- The development of In vitro, ex-vivo model systems for studying GI and liver diseases.
