Gastroenterology research

The four main areas of research for the Gastroenterology department are hepatology, endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease and translational nutritional science.

Hepatology research spans the clinical management of viral hepatitis (particularly type C), epidemiology, hepatocellular cancer therapy, non-invasive staging and prognostic markers of liver disease, and management of portal hypertension.

Endoscopy focuses on improving the safety and quality of colonoscopic practice and of polypectomy, and colorectal neoplasia in cystic fibrosis.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research includes studies on optimising thiopurine therapy (with a focus on the use of allopurinol to improve efficacy and counteract side effects), the clinical utility of measurement of anti-TNF drug levels, and intestinal ultrasound.

The Translational Nutritional Science Group studies diet as a therapy in chronic intestinal disorders, including implementation of new approaches in the community.

Postgraduate students

14 PhD students
1 MD student

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Publications

Review article: latent tuberculosis in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases receiving immunosuppression-risks, screening, diagnosis and management

Fehily, Sasha R; Al-Ani, Aysha H; Abdelmalak, Jonathan; Rentch, Clarissa; Zhang, Eva; Denholm, Justin T; Johnson, Douglas; Ng, Siew C; Sharma, Vishal; Rubin, David T; Gibson, Peter R; Christensen, Britt

(2022), ALIMENT PHARM THER, 56(1), Jun-27

DOI: 10.1111/apt.16952

Supplementing Dietary Fibers With a Low FODMAP Diet in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

So, Daniel; Yao, Chu K; Ardalan, Zaid S; Thwaites, Phoebe A; Kalantar-Zadeh, Kourosh; Gibson, Peter R; Muir, Jane G

(2022), CLIN GASTROENTEROL H, 20(9), 2112-2120e7

DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2021.12.016

Current recommendations on the role of diet in the aetiology and management of IBD

Gerasimidis, Konstantinos; Godny, Lihi; Sigall-Boneh, Rotem; Svolos, Vaios; Wall, Catherine; Halmos, Emma

(2022), Frontline gastroenterology, 13(2), 160-167

DOI: 10.1136/flgastro-2020-101429

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