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Multinational Cross-Cultural Research

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The increasing interest in research in IBS and other functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) and the growing sophistication of communication technology make cross-cultural, multinational research a feasible endeavor. Collaborative multinational, cross-cultural studies in FGIDs, using appropriate research methodology, can make a significant contribution to the understanding of FGIDs and to patient care. The working team on Cross-cultural, Multinational Research in the Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders has completed its work and has produced several published articles relating to methodological issues in multinational research and fostering of multinational research as well as a Final Report, available here.

Publications

The Global Prevalence of IBS in Adults Remains Elusive Due to the Heterogeneity of studies: a Rome Foundation Working Team Literature Review

Sperber, A. D., Dumitrascu, D., Fukudo, S., Gerson, C., Ghoshal, U. C., Gwee, K. A.,
Hungin, A. P., Kang, ., Minhu, C. Schmulson, M., Bolotin, A, Friger, M. Freud, T, Whitehead, W.
(2017). Gut, 66(6), 1075-1082`
Abstract

Conducting Multinational, Cross‐Cultural Research in the Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Issues and Recommendations. A Rome Foundation Working Team Report

Sperber, A.D., Gwee, K.A., Hungin, A.P., Corazziari, E., Fukudo, S., Gerson, C., Ghoshal, U.C.,
Kang, J.‐Y., Levy, R.L., Schmulson, M., Dumitrascu, D., Gerson, M.‐J., Chen, M., Myung, S.‐J.,
Quigley, E.M.M., Whorwell, P.J., Zarzar, K. and Whitehead, W.E.
(2014). Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 40: 1094-1102
Abstract

A Four-Country Comparison of Healthcare Systems, Implementation of Diagnostic Criteria, and Treatment Availability for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: a Report of the Rome Foundation Working Team on Cross-Cultural, Multinational Research

Schmulson, M., Corazziari, E., Ghoshal, U. C., Myung, S. J., Gerson, C. D., Quigley,
E. M., Gwee, K. A., Sperber, A. D.
(2014). Neurogastroenterol Motil, 26(10), 1368-1385
Abstract

Members of the Working Team

Chair

Ami Sperber, MD, MSPH
Professor of Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Ben-Gurion University
Negev, ISRAEL

Enrico Corazziari, MD

Gastroenterologia A
Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties
University La Sapienza
Rome, Italy

Kok Ann Gwee, MD, PhD

India6Department of Medicine
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
Singapore, Singapore

Rona L. Levy, MD

University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA

Shin Fukudo, MD, PhD

Department of Behavioral Medicine
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Seiryo Aoba, Japan

A. Pali Hungin, MD

Durham University School of Medicine
Pharmacy and Health
Wolfson ResearchInstitute
Stockton-on-Tees, UK

Max Schmulson, MD

Laboratory of Liver, Pancreas and Motility (HIPAM)
Unit of Research in Experimental Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
Hospital General de México
Mexico City, Mexico

Charles Gerson, MD

Division of Gastroenterology
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Mind-Body DigestiveCenter
New York, New York, USA

Jin-Yong Kang, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPEd, FRACP

Department of Gastroenterology
St. George’s Hospital, London, UK

William Whitehead , PhD

Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Uday C. Ghoshal, MD

Department of Gastroenterology
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI)
Lucknow, India

Rona L. Levy, MD

University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA

Consulting for the Working Team

Dan Dumitrascu, MD, PhD

2nd Medical Department of Internal Medicine
University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

E. Quigley, MD, FRCP, FACP

Houston Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston, TX, US

Mary-Joan Gerson, PhD

N.Y.U. Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
New York, NY, US

Peter J. Whorwell, MD, PhD

Wythenshawe Hospital
Manchester, UK

Chen Minhu, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology
The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-SenUniversity
Guangzhou, China

Katie Zarzar

TransPerfect, Inc.
Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Seung-Jae Myung, MD, PhD

Asan Medical Center
University of Ulsan College of Medicine
Seoul, Korea