WEBINAR—The 2024 Raj and Prem Goyal Award Lectureship in Pathophysiology of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Mitochondrial Impairment in Intestinal Inflammation

August 1, 2024
11 a.m. EDT

The American Physiological Society (APS) and the Goyal Family Charitable Foundation (GFCF) share the mission of advancing the study of gastrointestinal and liver physiology through the exchange of scientific ideas and creation of career development programs. Thanks to a grant from the GFCF and the Raj and Prem Goyal Fund, Gastrointestinal & Liver Section is pleased to offer the Raj and Prem Goyal Lectureship in Pathophysiology of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Award. 

This year’s award recipient is Arianne Theiss, PhD, associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus.  Her lecture will focus on the role of mitochondria in the intestinal epithelium in driving inflammation and central to innate immunity of Paneth cells. 

Lecturer

Arianne Theiss, PhD
Associate professor University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

Lecture title: "Mitochondrial Impairment in Intestinal Inflammation"

Arianne Theiss, PhD, is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Colorado Denver’s Anschutz Medical Campus. She is the director of the Pre-F (NRSA Fellowships) Grant Review Program at the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Theiss’ basic and translational research program focuses on the role of epithelial cell mitochondrial stress in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases and neoplastic progression. She has demonstrated that mitochondrial dysfunction is a key driver of spontaneous Crohn’s disease-like ileitis in mice originating in the secretory cells of the crypt base (Paneth cells). Her work with Paneth cells in Crohn's disease highlights the importance of mitochondrial health in Paneth cell health. Theiss is chair-elect of Cellular & Molecular Gastroenterology of the American Gastroenterological Association and is an active steering committee member of the APS Gastrointestinal & Liver Section.

Moderators

Karen Edelblum, PhD
Associate Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

Karen Edelblum, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Pathology, Molecular & Cell-Based Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her current research focuses on elucidating the underlying mechanisms by which gamma delta intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) contribute to maintenance of mucosal homeostasis. Edelblum is chair of the APS Gastrointestinal & Liver Section and vice-chair for the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress, the annual meeting of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation and the American Gastroenterological Association.

Jun Sun, PhD
Professor and Associate Head, University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois

Jun Sun, PhD, FAPS, is a tenured professor and associate head of Department of Medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her research interests are host-microbiome interactions in infection, inflammation and cancer. Sun is internationally known for her pioneering discovery of novel roles of microbiome in various diseases, including vitamin D/vitamin D receptor deficiency, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), infection and cancer. She is a deputy editor for the American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, and an associate editor for Gut Microbes, IBD Journal and Genes & Diseases.