The Sixth Annual AGA Institute – Rome Foundation Lectureship at Digestive Disease Week 2013
May 19-21, 2013
Orlando, Florida
The Rome Foundation and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) were pleased to announce their 6th annual lectureship at Digestive Diseases Week (DDW). The lectureship is designed to address broad aspects of health care that are relevant to digestive diseases and the functional GI disorders.
Learning Objectives:
- Review the current understanding of the regulation of intestinal permeability in health.
- Discuss pathophysiologic mechanisms involving intestinal barrier function in functional gastrointestinal disorders.
- Understand the ways in which altered intestinal barrier function translate into functional GI symptoms.
Agenda
Food sensitivities and food allergies: The clinical perspective
with Sheila Crowe, MD
University of California
San Diego, CA
Understanding the mechanisms underlying the interaction of food and gut microbiota in FGIDs
with Kevin Whelan, PhD
King’s College, London
AGA – Rome Annual Lectureship Series
Upcoming Lectureship
Eleventh Annual AGA – Rome Lectureship at DDW 2018
Previous Lectureships
Tenth Annual AGA – Rome Lectureship at DDW 2017
Ninth Annual AGA – Rome Lectureship at DDW 2016
Eighth Annual AGA – Rome Lectureship at DDW 2015
Seventh Annual AGA – Rome Lectureship at DDW 2014
Sixth Annual AGA – Rome Lectureship at DDW 2013
Fifth Annual AGA – Rome Lectureship at DDW 2012
Fourth Annual AGA – Rome Lectureship at DDW 2011
Third Annual AGA – Rome Lectureship at DDW 2010
Second Annual AGA – Rome Lectureship at DDW 2009
First Annual AGA – Rome Lectureship at DDW 2008
