Stanford Medicine Children's Health Center for IBD and Celiac Disease Awards

Intramural Seed Grants Research Program Awards

FY23 Intramural Seed Grants Research Program Awards

Ami Bhatt, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine (Hematology)
Study Title: Immunomodulatory Microbial Amino Acid-Derived Metabolites Contribute to Crohn's Disease Pathogenesis

Michael Howitt, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Study Title: Utilizing Intestinal Tuft Cells to Modulate Pediatric Crohn’s Disease

Calvin Kuo, MD, PhD
Maureen Lyles D'Ambrogio Professor, Medicine (Hematology)
Study Title: Epithelial-Immune Organoid Models of Human IBD

Past Awards - Intramural Seed Grants Research Program Awards

Postdoc and Early Career Support Research Program Awards

FY23 Postdoc and Early Career Support Research Program Awards

Ruben Colman, MD, PhD
Instructor, Pediatrics - Gastroenterology
Study title: Integrated Microbiome and Metabolome Analyses to Inform and Improve Pediatric Crohn's Disease Outcomes

Gwangbeom Heo, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical and Systems Biology
Study Title: Targeting Excessive Mitochondrial Fission as A Treatment for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Neetu Saini, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation & Regenerative Medicine)
Study Title: Generation of Gut-Specific-Engineered Treg-Like Cells (GI-CD4LVFOXP3) for Pediatric Crohn’s Disease Treatment

Kazuma Sekiba, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Pathology
Study title: Development of engineered probiotics to treat pediatric IBD

Fu Chen Yang, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry
Study Title: Identifying the Pathogenically Relevant Location of Active TG2 and Gluten Presenting Dendritic Cells in Celiac Disease Duodenal Biopsies

Past Awards - Postdoc and Early Career Support Research Program Awards