Division of Gastroenterology
University Health Network (UHN)/Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH)

Research Projects

The members of the Division of Gastroenterology of Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH) and University Health Network (UHN) carry out basic science and clinical research in a wide range of areas related directly or indirectly to gastroenterology and hepatology.

The areas of active research include:

• antioxidant vitamins in health and disease (Allard)
• neurogastroenterology, gut motility and functional bowel disorders (Diamant)
• improving health care delivery through the use of electronic technologies (Rossos)
• viral liver disease (Heathcote, Sherman, Wong D, Wong F)
• portal hypertension and end-stage liver disease complications (Wong F)
• autoimmune liver disease (Heathcote)
• liver transplantation immunology (Levy)
• clinical aspects of liver transplantation (Levy, Lilly, Girgrah)
• pancreatic cellular physiology - acinar and beta cell function (Gaisano)
• inflammatory bowel disease (Steinhart, Greenberg, Silverberg, Habal, Wolman, Allard)
• molecular genetics of inflammatory bowel disease (Silverberg, Steinhart, Greenberg)