""My current research focuses on understanding how disrupted sleep and circadian rhythms affect the gastrointestinal tract and increase susceptibility to diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome," said Summa, who was recently named a K12 scholar at the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute."
""While it has long been appreciated that poor sleep is common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and that night-shift work increases risk for gastrointestinal disorders, little is known about the processes underlying those observations.""
""The NUCATS K12 program has provided protected time, structured mentorship and interdisciplinary training necessary to advance my development as a clinician-scientist.""
Keith Summa, MD, PhD, has a passion for clinical and translational research that began in his undergraduate years. His research investigates how disrupted sleep and circadian rhythms impact the gastrointestinal tract, increasing susceptibility to diseases like inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. Summa is one of three K12 scholars at the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, which supports early-career faculty through mentorship and training to foster innovation in clinical research.
Read at Northwestern
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]