AGA Foundation Offers Holiday Giving Options

Don’t know what to give your colleagues, mentors or family members for the holidays? Give them a gift that not only honors them, but also supports your specialty by donating to the AGA Foundation in their honor.

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Linscheer Memorial Fund Established

Willem G. Linscheer, MD, PhD, a longtime member of the AGA, passed away on December 14, 2007 in Colorado Springs, CO. As a tribute to Dr. Linscheer’s work in gastroenterology, Uma Murthy, MD, Professor of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, established a Named Fund in his memory.

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A Strong Foundation For Turbulent Times

The AGA Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition distributed almost $3 million in research grants in 2008. Despite the current stormy economic climate, the Foundation aims to distribute the same amount in 2009.

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: Edda Fiebiger, PhD
AGA Research Scholar Awards (2008)
Studies on the role of lgE-Fc-epsilon-RI-mediated immune responses in the gastrointestinal tract
: Andres Roig, MD
Fellowship to Faculty Transition Award (2008)
Cancer Progression of Normal Human Colonic Epithelial Cells
: Susan Uprichard, PhD
Pilot Research Initiative Award (2008)
Assessment of in vivo selectable replicon for developing mouse models of HCV replication
: Atsushi Sakuraba, MD
AGA Centocor International Research Fellowship in Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Immunology (2008)
Role of TLR 6 in IL-10 regulation and IBD
: Sheila Crowe, BSc, PhD
R. Robert and Sally D. Funderburg Research Scholar Award in Gastric Biology Related to Cancer (2008)
Role of AP Endonuclease-1/Redox Factor-1 in Regulation of the Gastric Epithelium: Implications for Gastric Carcinogenesis