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Introducing the 10 emerging leaders selected as AGA FORWARD Scholars

Our NIH-supported career development program announces the second cohort of Scholars.
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We’re proud to announce the 10 early career physician-scientists selected as “Scholars” for the 2021-2023 AGA FORWARD Program: Fostering Opportunities Resulting in Workforce and Research Diversity, supported by NIH (1R25DK118761-01). This new cohort of Scholars will participate in a training and mentorship program designed to provide concrete and applicable skills to promote physician scientists from underrepresented populations in the pursuit of successful careers.

“AGA is excited to announce our second cohort of FORWARD Program Scholars as we continue in our promise to inspire and cultivate the next generation of prominent, diverse leaders in gastroenterology and hepatology,” said Byron Cryer, MD, FORWARD Program co-chair, AGA Equity Project co-chair and associate dean for the Office of Faculty Diversity & Development, UT Southwestern Medical Center. “This class includes gastroenterology and hepatology’s most gifted leaders who are trailblazers for the future of academic medicine.”

  • Muyiwa Awoniyi, MD, PhD

    Muyiwa Awoniyi, MD, PhD

  • Bubu Banini, MD, PhD

    Bubu Banini, MD, PhD

  • Manuel Braga Neto, MD, PhD

    Manuel Braga Neto, MD, PhD

  • Jihane Benhammou, MD, PhD

    Jihane Benhammou, MD, PhD

  • Cassandra Fritz, MD

    Cassandra Fritz, MD

  • Joel Gabre, MD

    Joel Gabre, MD

  • Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS

    Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS

  • Jeremy Louissaint, MD

    Jeremy Louissaint, MD

  • Vivian Ortiz, MD

    Vivian Ortiz, MD

  • Nicolette Rodriguez, MD, MPH

    Nicolette Rodriguez, MD, MPH

Muyiwa Awoniyi, MD, PhD

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Bubu Banini, MD, PhD

Yale School of Medicine

Manuel Braga Neto, MD, PhD

Mayo Clinic in Minnesota

Jihane Benhammou, MD, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

Cassandra Fritz, MD

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium

Joel Gabre, MD

Columbus University

Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center of University of Washington

Jeremy Louissaint, MD

Columbia University Medical Center

Vivian Ortiz, MD

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Nicolette Rodriguez, MD, MPH

Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School

Each Scholar has been paired with a top GI investigator for the duration of the program who will provide mentorship and help in developing the Scholar’s leadership skills and strengthening their research and management skills to ensure continued success in their careers. In addition to the GI mentors, the program will be introducing five “near-peer” mentors from the inaugural FORWARD cohort who will each serve as program guides for the current cohort Scholars.

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