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The presenters for the IBD Patient Involvement in Research Day 2024

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Read about the exciting presenters we have confirmed for this year's IBD Patient Involvement in Research Day! 

Dr James Lee, our keynote speaker.

James Lee is a Research Group Leader at the Francis Crick Institute and a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Free Hospital. His group use genetics to discover how our immune system works and how this can go wrong to cause diseases like IBD. You can read more about his research here. 

 

 

Dr Cassie Screti. 

Will be talking about ASSIST-IBD and how they have worked with teenagers with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and parents of teenagers with IBD to shape the research project.

 

 

Professor Gwo-Tzer Ho and Molly Halligan. 

They will be talking about how they have developed their patient involvement strategies. Molly will be talking about a patient-led research paper. 

 

 

Professor Holm Uhlig, IBD BioResource. 

Will be giving a presentation on "Consent to creation of cell lines from samples”. 

Want to get involved in research?

The best quality research happens when people with Crohn's and Colitis are involved, and you can make a difference at every stage of research.

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