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Fifteen-Year-Old Fellowship Awardee Studies NSAIDs & Horses
The Charlotte Observer ran an online feature article on 15-year-old Mary Brown, one of 10 recipients of the AGA Foundation Student Research Fellowship Awards. She will spend her summer doing graduate-level research at North Carolina State University's veterinary school.
Learn more about this year’s award recipients. Support GI research by donating at www.fdhn.org.
AGA Institute Congratulates Winners of Masters Awards in Gastroenterology
The 16th annual Masters Awards in Gastroenterology, in cooperation with AGA Institute, were presented at DDW® 2010. The awards recognize outstanding achievement in basic or clinical research in digestive sciences and sustained achievement in digestive science.
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Efficacy of Ceftriaxone or Mero-
penem as Initial Therapies in Whipple's Disease
This was a randomized controlled trial to show that treatment with ceftriaxone or meropenem, followed by trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole, cures patients with Whipple's disease.
2010 Award Winners
Award: Distinguished Achievement Award
Winner: Mary K. Estes, PhD, Texas Gulf Coast Digestive Disease Center
Mary K. Estes, PhD, is professor of molecular virology and microbiology and medicine, gastroenterology, at Baylor College of Medicine and founding director of the Texas Gulf Coast Digestive Diseases Center. She is the first woman to be selected for the Distinguished Achievement Award since its creation in 1968.
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