CIHR announces 5-year funding for Upper GI and IBD Cochrane Groups
July 2010 - The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) recently announced $9.6 million in funding (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/41767.html) over the next five years to Cochrane Canada to help fulfill its mission of cultivating evidence-based health decision-making by promoting the use and accessibility of Cochrane Reviews. Two of the four Cochrane GI groups are located in Canada; the Upper GI & Pancreatic Diseases Group (http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/ugpd/index.html) coordinated by Dr. Paul Moayyedi and the IBD & Functional Bowel Disorder Group and the (http://www.cochrane.uottawa.ca/ibd/) coordinated by Dr. Brian Feagan.

Dr. David Armstrong & the CAG Quality Program in Endoscopy Group – Receive a Clinical Research Award from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)!
March 2010 - Congratulations to Dr. David Armstrong for submitting a successful application on behalf of the CAG Quality Program in Endoscopy Group (Alan Barkun, Catherine Dubé, Rob Enns, Don MacIntosh) to the ACG and receiving funding towards the project “A Pilot Study to Develop and Evaluate a Multifaceted Educational Tool for Use in a Prospective, Cluster-Randomized Trial of Practice Audit and Targeted Education for Endoscopy Quality Improvement”.

Dr. John Wallace – Recipient of Premier’s Summit Award for Medical Research
TORONTO (May 13, 2009) – Two Ontario researchers – Dr. Benjamin Neel and Dr. John Wallace – were named the 2009 recipients of the Premier's Summit Award for Medical Research at a celebration held at the MaRS Centre.

Congratulations to Dr. John Wallace! Click here for full details.

Dr. Paul Moayyedi – Appointed Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology
The CAG is pleased to announce that Dr. Paul Moayyedi (McMaster University) & Dr. Bill Chey will be the Editors-in-Chief for the American Journal of Gastroenterology as of January 2010. Congratulations to Dr. Moayyedi for this outstanding achievement.

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