Enrichment Program

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The University of Chicago (UChicago) Digestive Diseases Research Core Center (DDRCC) for Interdisciplinary Study of Inflammatory Intestinal Disorders (C-IID) Enrichment Program promotes knowledge, the exchange of ideas, training, and education in a culture of multidisciplinary interaction, collaboration, and synergy. It serves as a forum to present and discuss research in progress, provides opportunity for investigators with Pilot and Feasibility Studies to present their findings, informs its membership of new trends, discoveries, programs, grant opportunities, and development in the C-IID through its conferences, semiannual newsletters and email communications. The Program supports training and educational opportunities inside and outside of the University through its core specific educational offerings, mini-retreat program, and annual C-IID retreats, which have been widely subscribed and impactful. The program has been highly successful in achieving these goals but will soon implement several new initiatives under new directorship to improve and expand upon existing platforms.