Congratulations to Shanthi Srinivasan, MD, Professor and Director, Division of Digestive Diseases, for recently being named the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society’s (ANMS) inaugural Lifetime Achievement Awardee. ANMS President-elect, Dr. Adil Bharucha, (Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic) presented the award to Dr. Srinivasan at the 2023 ANMS Annual Meeting. In recognition of this honor, she was invited to be the highlighted speaker for the meeting, where she presented “Functional Bowel Disorders: Dissecting Mechanisms from the Gut to the Brain: New Insights and Future Directions.”
Dr. Srinivasan receives this award for her accomplishments and contributions to gastroenterology, including her long-standing interest in the enteric nervous system and its contribution to the pathophysiology of gastrointestinal motility disorders and irritable bowel syndrome. Her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of interactions between the gut microbiome and the enteric nervous system, as well as mechanisms of enteric neuronal degeneration in animal and cell culture models and human tissues.
Dr. Srinivasan has been supported by federal grants, including NIH and VA-Merit awards, and serves as a permanent member of both NIH and VA Merit study sections and has been a chair of the VA Merit study section. She participates in numerous peer review activities, including serving on the American Gastroenterology Association nominating committee, member of the AGA-basic science sub-committee council, Councilor for ANMS, Chair of the ANMS grants committee, Vice Chair and current Chair of the NGM section of the AGA institute council. Dr. Srinivasan has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts, and she is currently the co-editor-in-chief for the AGA journal Gastro Hep Advances. Dr. Srinivasan is very passionate about mentoring and, over the years, has mentored many students, including high school, undergraduate, graduate, residents, fellows, and post-doctoral fellows.
Congratulations again to Dr. Srinivasan on being awarded this prestigious new honor.
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