CONCURRENT SESSION V - RESEARCH: VISION 2020

RESEARCH FUNDING: CREATIVE STRATEGIES YOU CAN BANK ON
John Barnard MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Learning objectives:
1. Understand the many options for intramural and extramural research funding available to pediatric gastroenterologists
2. Understand the importance of indirect cost recovery
3. Appreciate less well known pathways for acquiring research support

HOW DIGITAL HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY WILL CHANGE HOW WE PRACTICE GASTROENTEROLOGY
Michael Docktor MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Learning objectives:
1. Understand how the advances in technology will impact clinical care and research
2. Gain exposure to developments in novel technologies for patients and providers including virtual and augmented reality, chat bots, remote patient monitoring, virtual agents and voice technologies

NEW BASIC TECHNIQUES FOR RESEARCH: ADVANCES IN RESEARCH TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: LENSES TO THE FUTURE FOR DIAGNOSIS ANDTREATMENT
D. Brent Polk MD, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Learning objectives:
At the end of this presentation, the attendees will understand:
1. The principle features of imaging intestine to define defects in repair and homeostasis
2. how single cells can be studied to identify the population of cells present during tissue repair and,
3. Approaches to connect the microbiome to health and disease