So great to see this labor of love published! In this month's Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Samir Gupta, MD, Ahmedin Jemal, Winta T. Mehtsun and I examine Black–White #disparities across the #CRC continuum in the US--from risk factors to screening, incidence, mortality, survival, treatment, and solutions.

🏆Dennis M. Jensen, MD, receives SoCal Society for GI Lifetime Achievement Award. He was recognized for groundbreaking GI bleeding studies, mentorship as director of NIH T32 GI training grant & extensive🔖. Congrats on this well-deserved honor! ASGE GI Endoscopy American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

“Learning, looping, and lots of laughs and bonding at the ASGE First Year Fellows Endoscopy Course! 💩❤️💩 ASGE GI Endoscopy #UCLAGI Thanks so much to all the instructors who volunteered their time to teach us this weekend!

How I Approach It: Stool Testing for Colon Cancer: Growing Options Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, FACG & Seth A. Crockett, MD, MPH 📕 doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0… Aasma Shaukat MD MPH Seth Crockett Jasmohan Bajaj Millie Long

Congratulations to ASGE GI Endoscopy and the amazing course directors Ramzi Mulki, MD @ #StephenKim for successful #FirstYearsFellows course Truly honored to teach & coach young GI fellows, and catch up with friends from across the country

Reading “Boo Can’t Poo” a playful, beautiful book by my friend Xiao Jing (Iris) Wang, M.D.! Iris is a gastroenterologist Mayo Clinic; knows a thing or two about poo💩🙂 Iris & I met through #ECLP program ACG Check it out if you have a kid, nephew, neice.. a.co/d/hoz2EDI

Blood tests offer a convenient way to screen for colorectal cancer, but a new UCLA study in Gastroenterology led by Fola May, MD PhD & Timothy Zaki, MD found only 49% of patients got the critical follow-up colonoscopy within 6 months after an abnormal result. bit.ly/45qyJi7

Blood-based colon cancer tests have become more common in recent years, offering a non-invasive option for screening. But many patients skip, new research shows. healthday.com/health-news/ca…

People under 50 have been getting diagnosed with advanced colorectal cancer at a growing rate for decades. Now, those cancers are starting to get detected earlier thanks to new screening strategies. on.wsj.com/46B9xqh

Two new studies show that colorectal cancer screening sharply increased for people ages 45 to 49 after the age recommendation changed in 2021. trib.al/iLYASzn

A new WSJ article features research led by UCLA's Fola May, MD PhD on increasing colorectal cancer screening in adults ages 45-50. In a trial of 20,000+ people, they found screening rates rose when stool tests were mailed by default, rather than offered by request.

UCLA’s Fola May, MD PhD talked to STAT News about her research tackling a major challenge: how to get millions of newly eligible adults screened after colorectal cancer guidelines lowered the starting age to 45.

New research led by Fola May, MD PhD & published in @JAMA shows that automatically sending at-home colorectal screening tests may be the key to encouraging timely screening in adults ages 45 to 49. Read more about the findings: bit.ly/3UdlATi

Thank you STAT!

Thank you The Wall Street Journal!

Thank you UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center!

📢 “We probably shouldn’t be wasting time asking patients first; we should send them what they need.” — Fola May, MD PhD (UCLA Health), #FightCRC Board Member, in the The Wall Street Journal, on how to actually boost #ColorectalCancer screening among adults under 50.

Her research shows us that proactively mailing screening tests leads to higher screening rates in the critical 45–49 age group — a population seeing alarming spikes in CRC diagnoses. wsj.com/health/healthc…

Thank you Brianna Abbott (@brabbott42) and The Wall Street Journal for covering our JAMA study highlighting best practices to increase colorectal cancer screening participation in adults age 45 to 49. "People under 50 have been getting diagnosed with advanced colorectal cancer at a

Excellent study highlighting the most effective CRC screening strategy in adults age 45-49 ✨the power of the FIT✨ Fola May, MD PhD