IBD UNITE Educates

IBD UNITE Educates

The annual IBD UNITE patient and medical professional education program occurred in March 2023.  Those interested in lecture recordings from this meeting may visit the UPMC IBD UNITE website. (Course Faculty left to right: Therezia Alchoufete MS RD LDN, Jaqueline...
Ms. Catalano Honored with UPMC ACES Award

Ms. Catalano Honored with UPMC ACES Award

Cindy Catalano, RN was honored with the UPMC Award for Commitment and Excellence in Service (ACES) award in March 2023.  Cindy is among only 1% from UPMC who earn this award.  Cindy specializes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease patient care in Dr. David Binion’s practice....

Dr. Beier to Lead SOT

Juliane Beier, PhD has been elected to lead the Society for Toxicology’s Mechanisms Special Section, which is the SOT’s largest specialty section.  In her new role, Dr. Beier will progress from VP-elect, through her presidency, to a past-president...
Terrible Towel Magic for IBD!

Terrible Towel Magic for IBD!

UPMC IBD Center faculty welcome Dr. Millie Long (UNC) to Pittsburgh with her own personalized Terrible Towel! (left to right: Dr. Marc Schwartz, Dr. Elyse Johnston, Dr. Millie Long, Dr. Jeffrey Dueker, Dr. Arthur Barrie, and Dr. Amir-Ali Ghaffari)

Spring 2023 Research Highlights

Highlighted Publications Graft-versus-host disease is locally maintained in target tissues by resident progenitor-like T cells. In allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, donor αβ T cells attack recipient tissues, causing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD),...