Selection Committee

These distinguished professionals generously donate their time and judgment to select the recipients of our grants and awards. Past awardees are further discussed in the following section.


Douglas Drossman, MD, Chair

Co-Director; University of North Carolina Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders


Reza Shaker, MD

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Medical College of Wisconsin


Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics,
The Ohio State University College of Medicine


Yvette Taché, PhD

Professor, Department of Medicine - Division of Digestive Diseases, at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA


Peter Whorwell, MD

Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology, The University of Manchester School of Medicine


Jackie Wood, PhD

Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine