#CGH4ALL #DEI_in_GI CGH section ❔How does the media represent patients with IBD? ❔How does that impact patients searching about IBD for the first time? Be aware of this information when meeting your patients in the clinic for the first time 🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.…

Congratulations to Carrie Wong (Carrie Wong, MD PhD) on your most recent publication out in Gastro Hep Advances today! Excited for you! UCLA Gastroenterology and Hepatology UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity "Prevalence of Healthcare Barriers among US Adults with Chronic Liver Disease Compared to Other Chronic Diseases"

Healthcare barriers more prevalent in US adults w/chronic liver disease vs other chronic diseases Gastro Hep Advances 🔑Socioeconomically vulnerable 🔑Community-based healthcare barriers 🔑⬆️recurrent acute care use 👥Carrie Wong, MD PhD Fola May, MD PhD J Macinko et al 👉sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thank you U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. for your longtime support for American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) & Specialty Docs priorities like payment reform & prior auth reform. We appreciate your support for our patients. With advocate Rajiv Bhuta

Gen X, millennials face higher risk of 17 cancers than older generations nbcnews.com/health/cancer/… via @nbcnews

New Study from The Lancet: 📢 Gen X, Millennials Getting Diagnosed with Higher Rates of 17 Types Of Cancer thelancet.com/journals/lanpu… We are missing something(s)... more science needed to determine causal environmental agents.

'Tremendous leap forward': U.S. FDA approves first #colorectalcancer blood test 🩸 Fola May, MD PhD weighs in 🔽🔽 healio.com/news/gastroent…

What a historic event!! This $600M donation from Mike Bloomberg has the potential to revolutionize our HBCUs that are training the majority of #black physicians in this country!!! Congratulations to all!! Meharry Medical College Howard Medical Drew University Morehouse College Xavier University

A new study published in @JCNI_Now suggests that eliminating racial differences in followup colonoscopy rates, and in quality of screening colonoscopy, could reduce the gap in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality between Black and white patients: bit.ly/4cUz9if

📣Interrupting your Twitterfeed for this interesting DEI Section paper on media portrayals of pts w IBD by the fabulous Bharati Kochar Nneka N. Ufere, MD MSCE Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, MD MPH Olivia Kahn-Boesel, MD & Elizabeth Araka 🌟 🔖Read here: gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-… Gastroenterology CGH Fola May, MD PhD

Three-Year Interval for the Multi-Target Stool DNA Test for #ColorectalCancer Screening: A Longitudinal Study—read this article featured in the AACR Journals Collection on Cancer Early Detection. bit.ly/3XbkOIH Fola May, MD PhD

#Blackwomeninmedicine- dont forget to register for The NEXUS Conference. Join us in NYC September 27-29 for an incredible line-up of events and speakers. Register here 👉🏾 bit.ly/ABGHNEXUS24reg… See you there! ABGH

📢AGA Gastro/CGH DEI Section📢 Most recent pub: "The Importance of Global Health Training in US-Based Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Programs" 👉🏾cghjournal.org/action/showPdf… 🙏🏾 Akwi Asombang MD MPH Mouhand Mohamed, MD, MSc stellamaris chinma Mimi Omede Nkengeh N. Tazinkeng (Davy), MD #AwabAliIbrahim

Photo from Todd Heisler of The New York Times.

Celebrating our publication while in Kenya Africa HepatoPancreatoBiliary Cancer Consortium 2024 👏🏾#globalhealth We highlight challenge &suggest solutions 💡there is potential for gastroenterologists to positively impact gastrointestinal & hepatic health; & establish partnerships with international GI community

I urge Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey, and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley to oppose eliminating the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK). This will harm research in gut health. Thank you American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and Maria T. Abreu for leading the charge. …der-bucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Aga-Files/AGA_…

🙏🏽 STAT for this important summary of how clinical algorithms can impact health disparities statnews.com/2024/09/03/emb… Looking forward to reading the rest of the series AHRQ

It's here - the September Issue of the #iugastro Newsletter! 🌾 #GITwitter 💫 Staff Spotlight feat. Alex Szymczak 🗳️ National Voter Registration Day 🥼 Faculty Fun Facts with Christen Dilly 📢 Grand Rounds with Fola May, MD PhD 💪 Women's Health and Fitness Day 🙌 Day of Encouragement

Thank you Indiana University Gastroenterology and Hepatology! Looking forward to my visit!