The Gastrointestinal Research Group (GIRG)
The Gastrointestinal Research Group (GIRG) at UCalgary's Snyder Institute is a multi-disciplinary group comprised of 28 full and 7 associate faculty members from a variety of basic science and clincal departments, which include the Department of Microbiology, Immonology& Infectious Diseases, Physiology & Parmacology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medicine, Community Health Sciences, Pediatrics, Surgery and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
Most members of GIRG are involved with laboratory based research, while others perform clinical research. There are some faculty members of GIRG who are involved with both laboratory and clinical research.
The laboratories of GIRG are located on the first floor of the Health Sciences Centre of the Faculty of Medicine, which is adjacent to the Foothills Medical Centre.
GIRG Group Chair
Dr. Carla Coffin, MD, FRCPC
Chair, Gastrointestinal Research Group
E-mail: cscoffin@ucalgary.ca
Pauline Nkathazo
Administrative Assistant
E-mail: pauline.nkathazo@ucalgary.ca
403.220.3719
GIRG Group
- Dr. Christophe Altier
Physiology and Pharmacology - Dr. Christopher Andrews
Department of Medicine - Dr. Paul Beck
Department of Medicine - Dr. Kelly Burak
Medicine - Dr. Andre Buret
Medicine - Dr. Kris Chadee
Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases - Dr. Eduardo Cobo
Department of Production Animal Health; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Dr. Carla Coffin
Research Group Chair and Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases - Dr. Jeroen De Buck
Veterinary Medicine - Dr. Rebekah DeVinney
Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases - Dr. Jose Ferraz
Medicine - Dr. Markus Geuking
Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases - Dr. Gilaad Kaplan
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences - Dr. Robert Hilsden
Medicine - Dr. Simon Hirota
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology - Dr. Morley Hollenberg
Physiology and Pharmacology - Dr. Humberto Jijon
Department of Medicine - Dr. Paul Kubes
Physiology and Pharmacology - Dr. Samuel Lee
Department of Medicine - Dr. Shan Liao
Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases - Dr. Cathy Lu
Medicine - Dr. Wallace MacNaughton
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology - Dr. Donna-Marie McCafferty
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology - Dr. Kathy McCoy
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology - Dr. Braeden McDonald
Critical Care - Dr. Derek McKay
- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
- Dr. Jonathon Meddings
Medicine - Dr. Yasmin Nasser
Department of Medicine - Dr. Henry Nguyen
Medicine - Dr. Remo Panaccione
Department of Medicine - Dr. Keith Sharkey
Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology and Medicine - Dr. Mark Swain
Department of Medicine - Dr. Pierre-Yves von der Weid
Physiology and Pharmacology - Dr. Xi-Long Zheng
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology