September 19, 2025
UNC Research Announces 2025 PARE Award Recipients
Each year, the Postdoctoral Awards for Research Excellence (PARE) are given in recognition of the research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars.
Category: Gastrointestinal
June 10, 2025
New Treatment for Common GI Infection May be Less Effective Than Traditional Therapy for Preventing Severe Disease, Study Finds
A new comparative study led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine found that a new therapy for prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection may be less effective than traditional therapy when it comes to preventing severe disease over time.
April 7, 2025
Gastrointestinal Disease Costs U.S. More Than $100 Billion, UNC Researchers Estimate
A new study, led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, highlights the latest statistics on gastrointestinal cancers, hospital admissions, liver transplants, and national funding support for gastrointestinal research.
December 18, 2024
Researchers Identify Key Driver of Fibrosis in Crohn’s Disease
Researchers in the lab of Janelle Arthur, PhD, associate professor at the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the UNC School of Medicine, have found a key process by which gut bacteria may be contributing to intestinal fibrosis, a major complication of an intestinal inflammatory disease called Crohn’s disease.
December 18, 2024
How UNC’s Chronic Pancreatitis and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant Program Provides Holistic, Life-Changing Care
The UNC Chronic Pancreatitis and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant Program, led by Chirag S. Desai, MD, FACS, professor of surgery, has performed its 100th case, cementing UNC Hospitals as one of the most significant centers for surgical therapy for chronic pancreatitis.
September 27, 2024
Hear From the Recipients of the First Domino Liver Transplant at UNC Hospitals in Decades
Seth Webb, a 30-year-old man from Macclesfield, NC, and Scott Owen, a 72-year-old man from Cameron, NC, were both in need of a new liver. Surgeons at UNC Hospitals made the most of the opportunity: performing a rare domino liver transplant at UNC Hospitals to save their lives with the least number of organs possible.
May 7, 2024
Researchers Engineer Yeast to Deliver Drugs, Reduce Inflammation for Possible Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment
Juliane Nguyen, PhD, professor and vice chair of pharmacoengineering and molecular pharmaceuticals at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and Janelle Arthur, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at the UNC School of Medicine, have engineered a probiotic yeast to treat inflammatory bowel disease in animals.
April 24, 2024
Detection of Missed Colorectal Cancer Remains Low for Most Diverticulitis Patients
Published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal, a study led by Anne Peery, MD, and Walker Redd, MD in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, shows that the prevalence of colorectal cancer is low in most patients with diverticulitis. However, patients with complicated diverticulitis are the exception.
March 8, 2024
Peery Authors Genetic and Transcriptomic Landscape of Colonic Diverticulosis
Researchers led by Anne Peery, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, suggest that tissue remodeling is a primary mechanism for the development of colonic diverticulitis, a debilitating gastrointestinal condition.
February 28, 2024
Peery Authors AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Fecal Microbiota
Published in Gastroenterology, Anne Peery, MD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the UNC School of Medicine, authors AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Fecal Microbiota–Based Therapies for Select Gastrointestinal Diseases.
February 27, 2024
How New Drug Approvals are Reshaping Treatment for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
The FDA has approved two medications for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)—the first oral medication tailored for adults and the exclusive therapeutic option for children. Evan Dellon, MD, MPH, internationally known for his work with EoE, and colleagues continue to focus on optimizing usage for effective, personalized outcomes.
February 8, 2024
A New Ultrasound Technology is Revolutionizing IBD Care at UNC School of Medicine
The UNC School of Medicine is on pace to become one of the few sites in the United States to incorporate intestinal ultrasound as an imaging technique for managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease.