Who’s missing in celiac disease diagnosis and what patients want in clinical trials among Beyond Celiac topics to be presented
By Amy Ratner, director of scientific affairs
Beyond Celiac research will be highlighted when celiac disease experts from around the globe meet at the 2024 International Celiac Disease Symposium in Sheffield, England, in September.
This includes both original Beyond Celiac research and research from Beyond Celiac funded scientists.
Deb Silberg, MD, Beyond Celiac chief scientific officer, will give a talk, “Who’s missing? Highlighting US healthcare inequities in CD and their global implications.” Her presentation will describe US healthcare inequities in celiac disease revealed through Beyond Celiac analysis of private health insurance claims data and other scientific evidence. The data analysis was funded by Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Additionally, Silberg will present a poster sharing celiac disease patient views of what they would be willing and unwilling to do in clinical trials for new celiac disease drugs. The poster also details what patients think a drug should do for them in terms of healing the intestine and relieving symptoms.
Michael Fitzpatrick, MRCP, DPhil of Oxford University, a recipient of a Beyond Celiac Established Investigator grant, will present his study of the fundamental roles of T-cells in the immune response in celiac disease. Fitzpatrick will also present a poster with early results of a study funded through a Beyond Celiac Research Accelerator grant that is investigating new, non-invasive ways to diagnosis and monitor celiac disease.
Iain Croall, PhD of Sheffield University, will talk about research funded by a Beyond Celiac Established Investigator grant that is examining the association between brain health and antibodies to gluten in celiac disease and other gluten-related disorders. Like Fitzpatrick, he is a dual presenter and will also have a poster related to this study of the neurological and neuropsychological manifestations of celiac disease and gluten-related disorders.
Two additional Beyond Celiac Established Investigator grant awardees are also presenting posters.
Kati Juuti-Uusitalo, PhD, of Tampere University in Finland, in two posters will detail findings from her study of a two-dimensional, lab-created stem cell model of the intestinal lining of the small intestine.
A poster based on research by Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, PhD, of the Instituto Politécnico de Leiria in Leiria, Portugal, on the interactions between gluten and bacteria in the small intestine of those who have celiac disease will also be presented.
The celiac disease symposium, organized by the International Society for the Study of Celiac Disease, is held every two years. It is designed to bring together scientists from around the world to share the latest findings from their work in celiac disease. Beyond Celiac presented talks and posters at several previous symposiums.
You can read more about Beyond Celiac funded research here and here and here.
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