Researchers
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Alexander, Katie, PhD
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: H. pylori Gastritis and Associated Gastric Adenocarinoma, Pancreatic and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Epigenetic Regulation of Mucosal Cancers -
Elson, Charles O., MD
Professor
Areas of Interest: Regulation of adaptive mucosal immune responses, particularly the mucosal immune response to the microbiota, particularly the T cell and B cell response to microbiota flagellins in Crohn’s disease -
Ismail, Mohamed, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) with a research focus on understanding fibrosis and strictures development in Crohn's disease and the role of endotherapy in management -
McGuire, Brendan, MD
Professor
Director, UAB Liver Center
Areas of Interest: Acute and chronic liver failure and management of patients with porphyria -
Morgan, Doug, MD, MPH
Division Director
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Endowed Professor in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Areas of Interest: Cancer Epidemiology & prevention in the Hispanic-Latino populations in Latin America and the U.S. -
Peter, Shajan, MD
Associate Professor
Director, TKC Endoscopy
Director, Small Bowel and Mucosal Therapeutics Programs
Areas of Interest: Esophageal and small bowel disorders, cryotherapy ablations, deep enteroscopy, advanced endoscopic imaging, colorectal cancer screening, endoscopic mucosal resection, complex polypectomies, interventional pancreatico-billary endoscopy (EUS/ERCP), GI bleeding, enteral feeding and stenting techniques; endoscopic treatment outcomes of Barrett's esophagus, obscure GI bleeding, translational research -
Smith, Phillip, MD
Professor
Areas of Interest: Infectious and inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and immune and molecular mechanisms that regulate the host response in those diseases