About Us
The Emory Digestive Disease Initiative (EDDI) launched in the Fall 2023. EDDI will provide a community for GI, liver, and pancreas researchers spanning different academic units at Emory, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, and Morehouse School of Medicine. Our goal is to enhance interactions and provide training opportunities for GI-focused clinicians and scientists in Atlanta.
Seminar Series
The Division of Digestive Diseases and Emory Digestive Disease Initiative present the 2024-2025 EDDI Seminar Series.
- September 26, 2024:
SPECIAL TIME: Noon, presented virtually via Zoom
Hans Clevers, MD, PhD
Head, Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED)
Roche and Advisor, Hubrecht Institute
Held Monthly on Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. in Whitehead Auditorium, Emory University, followed by a GI Social Hour from 5-6 p.m.
- October 10, 2024
Deborah Schrag, MD
George J. Bosl Chair, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hosted by the Winship GI Oncology Group - November 14, 2024
Karen Edelblum, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Hosted by Emory Peds/GI T32 - December 12, 2024
Thomas Rutkowski, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowas - January 9, 2024
Didier Merlin, PhD
Regents’ Professor & Distinguished University Professor, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University - February 13, 2025
Jan Vinje, PhD
Head, National Calicivirus Laboratory, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - March 13, 2025
Vanessa Van Doren, MD, and Taylor Montminy, MD
Emory Peds/GI T32 Fellows - April 10, 2025
Ophir Klein, MD, PhD
David and Meredith Kaplan Distinguished Chair, Executive Director, Guerin Children’s, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
The Shanthi V. Sitaraman Symposium
EDDI Investigators
Adam Gracz | Medicine | Emory University |
Shanthi Srinivasan | Medicine | Emory University |
Peijian He | Medicine | Emory University |
Chris Yun | Medicine | Emory University |
Luisa Cervantes-Barragan | Microbiology & Immunology | Emory University |
Tim Sampson | Cell Biology | Emory University |
Brian Robinson | Pathology | Emory University |
Arash Grakoui | Medicine | Emory University |
Craig Coopersmith | Surgery | Emory University |
Paul Dawson | Pediatrics | Emory University |
Gregory B. Lesinski | Hematology and Medical Oncology | Emory University |
Anand Jain | Medicine | Emory University |
Michael Koval | Medicine | Emory University |
Eric Ortlund | Biochemistry | Emory University |
Cheryl Day | Microbiology & Immunology | Emory University |
Fikri Avci | Biochemistry | Emory University |
Rheinallt Jones | Pediatrics | Emory University |
Didier Merlin | Institute for Biomedical Sciences | Georgia State |
Pallavi Garg | Institute for Biomedical Sciences | Georgia State |
Shuichi Takayama | Biomedical Engineering | Georgia Tech |
Andres Garcia | Mechanical Engineering/Bioengineering | Georgia Tech |