The Beyond Celiac Research Summit was an event packed with groundbreaking celiac disease research presentations and expert panels about exciting advancements in the field.
In the morning sessions, Beyond Celiac-funded scientists presented their latest research findings, aimed at a scientific audience. In the afternoon sessions, Beyond Celiac-funded scientists discussed what their research means for the celiac disease community. Throughout it all, audience members, including patients, caregivers, and fellow researchers, took advantage of the opportunity to ask these academics some amazing questions.
We are grateful to all who attended!
Watch Recordings from the 2024 Summit
Missed the Research Summit? Don’t worry, you can watch recordings from the event right here on our website, as well as on our YouTube channel.
Session 1: Predictors of Disease, Biomarkers and Diagnosis
Featuring Shalev Itzkovitz, PhD, “Analysis of diagnosis of celiac disease via shed cell transcriptomics,” and Michael Fitzpatrick, MD, “Can we develop a robust biomarker to monitor celiac disease activity?”
Continued Reading: Gluten Challenges Used in Diagnosis May Need to be Increased, Study Shows
Session 2: Disease Models
Featuring Arnold Han, MD, PhD, “The role of CD8 T-cells in celiac disease,” Kati Juuti-Uusitalo, PhD, “Personalized small intestinal preclinical model for celiac disease,” and Richard Flavell, PhD, FRS, “Generation and validation of a new humanized mouse model, a surrogate for human celiac disease.”
Continued Viewing: Town Hall with Dr. Arnold Han: Insights into Damage Caused by Celiac Disease
Session 3: Celiac Disease and the Microbiome
Featuring Rok Seon Choung, MD, PhD, “Interactions between gut microbiota and the immune system in celiac disease development,” and Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, PhD, “The challenges of microbiome analysis and fibre-foraging species.”
Continued Reading: Changes in microbiome that might signal celiac disease before it develops identified in study of at-risk children
Panel 1: Advances in Therapeutics and Clinical Trials
Featuring Jocelyn Silvester, MD, PhD and patient representative Isabella Cardona.
Additional Resources: Drug Development Pipeline and CMO Jordan Dubow on Patient Involvement in Clinical Trials
Panel 2: Advances in Disease Predictors and the Influence of the Microbiomes
Featuring Michael Fitzpatrick, MD, Rok Seon Choung, MD, PhD, Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, PhD, and Shalev Itzkovitz, PhD.
Continued Reading: Boston Researchers Look for Pediatric Celiac Markers
Panel 3: Triggers of Inflammation and Models to Understand Them
Featuring Arnold Han, MD, PhD, and Kati Juuti-Uusitalo, PhD.
Continued Reading: New Insight into How and Where the Celiac Disease Response Begins
Panel 4: The Challenges of Maintaining a Gluten-Free Diet
Featuring Lisa Fahey, MD, Shayna Skelley Coburn, PhD, and Kara Feigenbaum, RD, LDN.
Additional Resource: How to be an Ally to Someone with Celiac Disease, with Dylan Dreyer
Speaker Line-Up
We have a line-up stacked with phenomenal researchers, many of them supported by Beyond Celiac! Learn more about their work below:
Rok Seon Choung, MD, PhD
Research associate and assistant professor at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Shayna Skelley Coburn, PhD
Psychologist at Children’s National Hospital and associate professor at The George Washington University, Washington DC
Lisa Fahey, MD
Co-director of the Celiac Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Kara Feigenbaum, RD, LDN
Clinical dietitian, clinical nutrition program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Michael Fitzpatrick, MD
Gastroenterologist at John Radcliffe Hospital and clinical lecturer at University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Richard Flavell, PhD, FRS
Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Arnold Han, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor at Columbia University, New York City, NY
Shalev Itzkovitz, PhD
Professor at Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Kati Juuti-Uusitalo, PhD
Senior research fellow at University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, PhD
Tenured researcher at Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
Debra Silberg, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Beyond Celiac, Ambler, PA
Jocelyn Silvester, MD, PhD
Pediatric gastroenterologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and assistant professor at Harvard University, Boston, MA
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2024 Research Summit Partners
Thank You to our Sponsors!
Without our sponsors, the Research Summit would not be possible. Thank you for supporting research and the celiac disease community!
Thank You to our Cohost!
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia generously donated their space to host the 2024 Research Summit. Thank you for your kind partnership!
Thank You to our Endorsers!
These organizations recognize and endorse our event. Thank you for your Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia generously donated their space to host the 2024 Research Summit. Thank you for your kind partnership!
