CEGIR Scholars
Consortium Training Program Supports EGID Researchers of the Future
CEGIR is part of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN). A unique part of the RDCRN is a training program that supports investigators that are new to rare disease research. The trainees who participate have access to in-person and web-based opportunities to help them be successful in rare disease research. The trainees are experienced medical professionals who are familiar with eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases and are working to more deeply focus their research efforts in this area. Here, we are pleased to introduce the four trainees that that have been selected to participate in the training program with CEGIR.
In honor of our beloved friend and CEGIR colleague, Ikuo Hirano, MD, of Northwestern University who passed away on July 22, 2024, CURED and APFED are together supporting four new scholars through the CEGIR Consortium. The four new scholars will be designated as "Dr. Ikuo Hirano Scholars". Please join us in congratulating Drs. Claire Beveridge, MD (Cleveland Clinic), Stanislaw Gabryszewski, MD, PhD (CHOP), Corey Ketchem, MD (Univ Penn), and Simin Zhang, MD (Univ Cincinnati) for being awarded this distinguished honor.
Dr. Hirano's passion was making life better for patients and families through his research, advocacy, education, and patient care.
At the 7th CURED EGID Research and Patient Education Meeting in Cincinnati in April 2024, he received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" for his profound contribution to the field.
Claire Beveridge, MD
Dr. lkuo Hirano Scholar
Assistant Professor in Gastroenterology
Director of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) Center
Cleveland Clinic
Mentor/s: Glenn Furtura, MD
Stanislaw Gabryszewski, MD, PhD
Dr. lkuo Hirano Scholar
Attending, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Instructor, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Mentor/s: Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD
Corey Ketchem, MD, MS
Dr. lkuo Hirano Scholar
Gastroenterology Fellow, PGY6
University of Pennsylvania - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Mentor/s: Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH
Simin Zhang, MD
Dr. lkuo Hirano Scholar
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Mentor/s: Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD