We report in JAMA Surgery that obesity is an important risk factor for incident diverticulitis in Hispanic and Latino Americans (HCHS/SOL-Bronx). Andy Chan Lisa Strate Dr. Edward Giovannucci, and Simin Hua. Special thanks to Dr. Robert Kaplan for the collaboration! Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit - MGH

📢Do PPIs lead to dementia🧠? 🚫In >18k older adults from 🇺🇸 and 🇦🇺, we found NO 🚫association between PPI or H2RA use and incident dementia, CIND, or cognitive decline. 🙌✨ We hope our study in Gastroenterology helps lay this issue to rest.🤔📚 (1/2) 👉 bit.ly/3CtJy3G

Come join us at the HCMPH symposium on May 13th! The deadline for poster abstracts has been extended to April 22nd!

📣 Together with hutlab Lisa Strate and led by Wenjie Ma, we report unique inflammation-related microbial and metabolic signatures in diverticulitis Yiqing Wang long nguyen Raaj Mehta, MD, MPH Mingyang Song Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit - MGH MGH Division of Gastroenterology @MGH_RI 🔗nature.com/articles/s4146…

#MonganScienceMinute featuring Wenjie Ma Yiqing Wang long nguyen Mingyang Song Andy Chan Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit - MGH pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38684664/

Smoking and heavy alcohol use increase risk of incident diverticulitis. The risk is highest in individuals who drink and smoke ➡️ ow.ly/muOM50RB2CK Andy Chan Lisa Strate @wenji_ma2

#GUTAbstract from the paper by Seo et al entitled "Genetic and transcriptomic landscape of colonic diverticulosis" via bit.ly/3K8FQQY Paper via bit.ly/4bK7kbq #Diverticulosis

Congrats to Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit - MGH's Andy Chan who will be presented with the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) GIONC Distinguished Mentor Award 🏅 at the plenary at 4pm 5/19 in Rm 151B #DDW2024 @MGH_RI

Congratulations Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit - MGH's Mingyang Song who for being honored with the 2024 American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Young Investigator Award in Clinical Science!!! #DDW2024 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Join us for two back-to-back presentations by Jane Ha on our latest research findings in diverticulitis

Are there #DDW2024 sessions you missed? All attendees (in person and online) will have access to recorded sessions in the DDW Online platform! Get the details👉ow.ly/Ivp250RIYIW

Sandra Ryeom David A. Drew Sam Klempner Jeeyun Lee MD Jeremy L. Davis MD, FACS HopeForStomachCancer Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit - MGH Mass General Cancer Center Disparities Solutions Center Mongan Institute

How does AI and natural language processing help identify diverticulitis associated features in electronic health records and predict outcomes? Explore the data at Wenjie Ma’s poster! Andy Chan Lisa Strate Lilo Wu #AI #NLP #EHR #DiverticularDisease #DDW2025

How does metabolomics in metabolic dysfunction and inflammation impact diverticulitis outcomes? Join Lilo Wu's talk to discover more! Andy Chan Wenjie Ma #Metabolomics #Diverticulitis #DDW2025

Read the #GUTOnline #GUTInTheNews #GUTPressRelease paper by Wenjie Ma et al entitled "Lifestyle factors, genetic susceptibility and risk of incident diverticulitis: an integrated analysis of four prospective cohort studies and electronic health records-linked biobank" via