Gil Melmed: Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week 2022

The UEG Young Talent Group (YTG) encourages young gastroenterologists to develop their careers through education, networking and training. We were delighted to catch up with UEG YTG Chair Dr. Pilar Acedo to discuss the training, education and professional opportunities available to young digestive healthcare specialists through UEG, the aims and key achievements of the UEG […]

Digestive Disease Week took place between 6-9 May, in this touchIMMUNOLOGY interview, we caught up with our Expert Faculty member Prof. Gil Y. Melmed (Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, USA) around his personal highlights from this year’s conference including non-pivotal clinical trial data analysing established inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) therapies such as vedolizumab, data around the […]

Upadacitinib and tofacitinib are both JAK inhibitors (JAKis) approved by the FDA for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. In this interview with Expert Faculty member Prof. Gil Y. Melmed (Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, USA) we discuss the aims, design and findings from his study presented at DDW 2023, comparing the efficacy and safety of these […]