# Enrichment Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · 2021 · $45,832

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The overall goal of the Enrichment Program of the Digestive Health Center (DHC) is to advance digestive
disease research by creating a forum where investigators will present new research findings, learn about new
technologies, and pursue new collaborations. The Director of the Program and DHC leaders pursue this goal
with four complementary aims. In the first aim “to promote knowledge sharing through a weekly seminar and
workshop series,” the Program sponsors a series of highly interactive seminars and presentations by
investigators from the academic health center and extramural scientists who are leaders in digestive disease
research. These seminars also include technology-centered workshops that are given by Core directors and
staff. Presenters receive timely feedback and suggestions on their experimental approaches and emerging
technologies. Seminars and workshops represent a nidus of collaboration and knowledge-sharing among
participants. In the second aim “to increase collaboration with other academic units by joint educational
programs,” the Program Director seeks opportunities to partner with focus groups or study groups to fertilize
ongoing interests in the field, with three recurring meetings with: 1) the “Fluxes and Barriers” group of intestinal
physiologists; 2) the “Endoderm Club,” which focuses on organoid systems to model human disease; and 3)
the “Distinguished Speaker Program” with the Division of Developmental Biology to expose DHC investigators
and trainees to the most successful scientists in the field. In the third aim “to hold an annual scientific
symposium to highlight digestive disease discoveries,” the DHC combines the annual visit of the External
Advisory Board with a day devoted to digestive disease research via a highly subscribed symposium featuring
a distinguished speaker and a scientific forum for the presentation of posters reporting novel findings by
trainees and junior faculty. And in the fourth aim, “to increase visibility for digestive disease research in the
Academic Health Center” the Program publishes a quarterly Newsletter that is circulated throughout the
academic health center to share information on upcoming seminars, accomplishments and awards of DHC
investigators, and updates of Core services.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10146362
- **Project number:** 5P30DK078392-15
- **Recipient organization:** CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** LEE ARMISTEAD DENSON
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $45,832
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-07-01 → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10146362

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10146362, Enrichment Program (5P30DK078392-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10146362. Licensed CC0.

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