Gastroenterology research

The four main areas of research for the Gastroenterology department are hepatology, endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease and translational nutritional science.

Hepatology research spans the clinical management of viral hepatitis (particularly type C), epidemiology, hepatocellular cancer therapy, non-invasive staging and prognostic markers of liver disease, and management of portal hypertension.

Endoscopy focuses on improving the safety and quality of colonoscopic practice and of polypectomy, and colorectal neoplasia in cystic fibrosis.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research includes studies on optimising thiopurine therapy (with a focus on the use of allopurinol to improve efficacy and counteract side effects), the clinical utility of measurement of anti-TNF drug levels, and intestinal ultrasound.

The Translational Nutritional Science Group studies diet as a therapy in chronic intestinal disorders, including implementation of new approaches in the community.

Postgraduate students

14 PhD students
1 MD student

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Publications

Reply to Abenavoli et al. Comment on “Clayton-Chubb et al. Understanding NAFLD

Clayton-Chubb, Daniel Ian; Kemp, William Wilson; Majeed, Ammar; Lubel, John; Hodge, Alexander David; Roberts, Stuart

(2023), Nutrients, 15(13), 2908

DOI: 10.3390/nu15132908

Tacrolimus-associated gastrointestinal ulcers in a kidney transplant recipient

Forcey, Dana S.; Clayton-Chubb, Daniel Ian; Gurry, Greta; Bhatt, Shivani; Wilson, Scott; Teh, Peggy; Morrissey, Catherine Orla; Roberts, Stuart; Gopal, Basu

(2023), Internal Medicine Journal, 53(6), 1087-1088

DOI: 10.1111/imj.16114

Wide variation in pre-procedural blood product transfusion practices in cirrhosis

Janko, Natasha Eve; Majeed, Ammar; Clements, Warren; Fink, Michael Anthony; Lubel, John; Goodwin, Mark D.; Nicoll, Amanda; Strasser, Simone Irene; Sood, Siddharth; Bollipo, Steven J.; Bate, John; Bowers, Kaye; George, Jacob; Kemp, William Wilson; Roberts,

(2023), Hepatology Communications, 7(5), e0147

DOI: 10.1097/hc9.0000000000000147

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