Directors and Board Members

Infrastructure Grant Advisory Board

Scientific Advisory Board

Center Board Members

Emeran Mayer, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Neurovisceral Sciences
UCLA
Los Angeles, California

Risa Moldovan
Artist, www.moldovanfinearts.com
Founder and President Emeritus
Intestinal Disease Foundation
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nancy J. Norton, MA
President & Founder
International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Kevin Olden, MD, FACP, FACG, FAPA
Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Division of Gastroenterology
University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama

W. Grant Thompson, MD
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology
Ottawa Civic Hospital
Ottawa, Canada

Brenda B. Toner, PhD, C.Psych.
Head of Mental Health Research, Clarke Institute of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

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Center Associate Directors
The School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mark Koruda, MD
Professor of Surgery

Brad Gaynes, MD
Associate Chair of Clinical Services, Department of Psychiatry

John F. Steege, MD
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology

David M. Warshauer, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology

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