#DDW23 Ng - microbiota changes in moms during pregnancy - affects vertical transmission to babies, potential to protect from atopic diseases like #IBD

#DDW23 Kaplan - incidence of #IBD in Malaysia suddenly doubled in 2010-2019, mostly in urban areas before rural. #IBD projections for India and China are staggering

Thank you to all of our members/allies who came out to bowl with us tonight! ….now THIS is how you have a unique networking event! Thank you to our sponsors: Duke GI Andrew Muir Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology & Hepatology Univ of Chicago

When a vision comes to life! Our exec board put together a unique networking event & thank our members/allies for joining 🏳️‍🌈 AASLD ACG American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) #DDW2023 Digestive Disease Week Michelle Baliss, DO Joseph Sleiman, MD, FACP Christopher_Velez_GI Arpan Patel, MD PhD (he/him/his) Elizabeth King Goacher, PA-C, AF-AASLD (she/her)

That feeling when you realize you’re not the only ________ in GI/Hep. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Rainbows in Gastro #DDW2023 #community

Up early for Crohn's & Colitis Foundation IBD-Reach! Great advice from Millie Long and Asher Kornbluth, MD this morning. #DDW2023

Thanks to the AASLD for the opportunity to present about a population that comprises 1 out of 100-150 of your patients You’ll probably see a patient who is TgNC more often than you’ll see someone with Wilson’s or Alagille syndrome…. So worth learning about….

Emily Wright on VDZ & UST in pregnancy and infants🫄👶 -Prospective 🇦🇺 study -n=102 (58VDZ), most monotherapy -25% clin active (VDZ=UST) -UST stable, VDZ 📉in🫄(no clin impact) -UST median 👶 clearance 14wks -VDZ median 👶 clearance 11wks -⬆️risk minor infx in 👶on UST #DDW2023

CALL TO ACTION 🚨 An open letter from🌈 Rainbows in Gastro to all GI and Hepatology societies to support the safety and well-being of 🏳️‍⚧️#transgender and gender non-conforming members AASLD ACG American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy NASPGHAN #GITwitter #LiverTwitter

Alexander Abadir on delay from rx to biologic 💉receipt for #IBD 🇺🇸multicenter study ⏱️ 20day median delay Delays assoc w/: -🏥center -Race/ethnicity Black or Latino -⬆️Dist from 🏥 -No initial insurance approval❌ #DDW2023

Dear N. American based GI and liver societies American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy AASLD SSAT Digestive Disease Week NASPGHAN Crohn's & Colitis Foundation ACG Please read this letter from members of Rainbows in Gastro re: concerns of scheduling meetings in trans-threatening states..

Don’t rush off just yet from #DDW2023: if you want to know how to take better care of your LGBTQIA+ patients, come to W195 at 2pm! You either have LGBTQIA+ patients and don’t know it or they are avoiding practice: learn some tips during this session!@RainbowinGastro

Nature research paper: Profiling the human intestinal environment under physiological conditions go.nature.com/3O1BjTG

Thanks, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)! Looking forward to hearing more

🚨JOB OPENING!🚨 ➡️Join the Newman and Kamada labs Michigan Research to work on exciting #Microbiome, #IBD, and #Cdiff projects🦠🧫🐁 We are hiring a full-time tech. 🧑‍🔬Includes benefits. 💵 careers.umich.edu/job_detail/234… 📩DM for more info! #GITwitter #IDtwitter

🗓PRIDE month! 🤯 Did you know? 📍7%+ of the US identify as LGBTQI+ 📍Not until 2016 were SGM considered a health disparity group 📍Same sex marriage legal: 2015 LGBTQI+ pts face unique challenges that affect GI/liver health We have work to do! 🏳️‍🌈 thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/…

Detroit's air quality is currently second worst in the world, behind Delhi, India, thanks to Canadian wildfire smoke drifting through southeast Michigan. freep.com/story/news/loc…

Our very own Victor Chedid, MD spotlighted by American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) discussing his fantastic work in #IBD in #LGBTQ populations! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Your #RIG family is so proud of you! gastro.org/news/pride-mon…

Congratulations, @JustinFieldMD!