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Selection Committee

These distinguished professionals generously donate their time and judgment to select the recipients of our grants and awards. Past awardees are further discussed in the following section.


Douglas Drossman, MD, Chair

Drossman Gastroenterology, Chapel Hill, NC


Ronnie Fass, MD

Director of the GI Motility Laboratory, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center and Southern Arizona


Reza Shaker, MD

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Wisconsin


Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH

Chief, Center for Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Children’s Hospital Boston


Yvette Taché, PhD

Professor, Department of Medicine - Division of Digestive Diseases, at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA


Peter Whorwell, MD

Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology, The University of Manchester School of Medicine


Jackie Wood, PhD

Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine