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Investing To Improve Patient Outcomes<\/p>\n
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The Kenneth Rainin Foundation invests in novel ideas and collaborations to achieve breakthroughs in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) research. In 2019, we continued to advance our strategic emphasis on translational science, moving ideas and discoveries closer to patient impact. Our online IBD resource<\/a> reflects the broad range of our investments\u2014encompassing diet, the microbiome, new technologies and more. New initiatives address constraints on researchers, create inroads for gender equity and evaluate our impact.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|50px|0px|50px” custom_padding_tablet=”|20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Quote” module_class=”quote” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n “The Rainin Foundation is focused on equity and continues to address barriers that limit opportunity for women in science. Including diverse perspectives in biomedical research is crucial to achieving breakthroughs for patients and eradicating disease.”<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ custom_padding=”0px|50px||50px” custom_padding_tablet=”|20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_margin=”||40px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Quotee – Loren Harris” module_class=”quotee” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n \u2014Loren Harris,<\/strong> Chief Program and Strategy Officer<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ transparent_background=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_color=”#336699″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_css_main_element=”border-radius: 20px;”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Mapping The Virome” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ text_font_size=”1em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” module_alignment=”center” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n BREAKTHROUGH MOMENTS<\/span><\/p>\n Mapping The Virome<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/392509345″ image_src=”\/\/i.vimeocdn.com\/video\/859136341_960.jpg” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ custom_margin=”||10px” custom_css_main_element=”border-radius: 20px;”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=”caption” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”0.8em” text_line_height=”3em” header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_font_size=”15px” header_5_line_height=”1.6em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”-10px||” custom_padding=”0px|50px|0px|50px” custom_padding_tablet=”|20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Video credit: Lori Halloran<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ transparent_background=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|120px||120px” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Evaluating Our Impact” module_class=”header health” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” module_alignment=”center” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n Evaluating Our Impact<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Copy” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ header_text_color=”#006666″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” z_index_tablet=”500″ use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n Understanding whether our funding is leading to the greatest possible impact for IBD patients is important to effective grantmaking. Evaluating impact is a particular challenge in funding discovery science. So, we\u2019re excited that after extensive scoping and discussions with a working group of biomedical funders, we have a new tool in our grantmaking toolkit. ResearchFish<\/a> is a data collection platform that is embraced by a global community of science research funders, research institutions and scientists.<\/p>\n The user-friendly design captures a comprehensive range of measures and indicators. Funders can gain insights through a set of common questions and customized ones. Researchers can store and report information on outcomes and outputs in one central place, which we hope will reduce their administrative burdens. The system streamlines reporting further by automatically harvesting grantee research products, including published research, citations and online \u201cbuzz\u201d about articles. We will begin using ResearchFish in our 2020 progress reports. We look forward to deepening our understanding of our funding impact and enhancing our ability to share that more readily.<\/p>\n What The Data Can Tell Us<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|50px|0px|50px” custom_padding_tablet=”|20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Quote” module_class=”quote” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n “We’re continually reminded of how hard it is to measure the impact of basic science\u2014and we\u2019re not alone. We\u2019re excited to have a new tool to improve our evaluation of grant outcomes and impacts.”<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ custom_padding=”0px|50px||50px” custom_padding_tablet=”|20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Quotee – Laura Wilson” module_class=”quotee” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n \u2014Laura Wilson, PhD<\/strong>, Director, Health Strategy & Ventures<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.2″ custom_margin=”55px||” transparent_background=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_color=”#336699″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_css_main_element=”border-radius: 20px;”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Advancing Promising Research” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ text_font_size=”1em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” module_alignment=”center” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n ADVANCING PROMISING RESEARCH<\/span><\/p>\n Further Together<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/374478249″ image_src=”\/\/i.vimeocdn.com\/video\/832940551_960.jpg” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ custom_margin=”||10px” custom_css_main_element=”border-radius: 20px;”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=”caption” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”0.8em” text_line_height=”3em” header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_font_size=”15px” header_5_line_height=”1.6em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”-10px||” custom_padding=”0px|50px|0px|50px” custom_padding_tablet=”|20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Video credit: Forward Ever Media<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ transparent_background=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|120px||120px” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Collaborating To Move The Field Forward” module_class=”header health” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” module_alignment=”center” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n Collaborating To Move The Field Forward<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Copy” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ header_text_color=”#006666″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” z_index_tablet=”500″ use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n The Rainin Foundation believes in the power of partnerships to leverage diverse resources and achieve breakthroughs in IBD research. We champion collaboration among our grantees and the same holds true for us as a grantmaker. The cross-disciplinary insights of our Scientific Advisory Board<\/a> strengthen our grantmaking and reinforce our commitment to advancing translational science.<\/p>\n We also collaborate to achieve greater impact. We co-hosted a scientific workshop with the Helmsley Charitable Trust<\/a> to gather perspectives from experts about dietary interventions in IBD. Over the last year, we compiled an executive summary of our findings\u2014\u201cEvolving Research: Diet, the Microbiome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease<\/a>.\u201d It reviews the current state of dietary interventions and identifies gaps in our knowledge about the microbiome and dietary interventions. The summary offers a roadmap for future IBD and diet research, and how funders can support this emerging field.<\/p>\n Our Health team also partners with research institutions and biomedical funders in the Nonprofit Funder-Research Institute Working Group. The group is focused on addressing issues where a broad, collaborative response has the greatest potential for creating field-wide solutions. Issues include how to:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|50px|0px|50px” custom_padding_tablet=”|20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Quote” module_class=”quote” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n “It’s rewarding to collaborate with our peers. It can be hard work, but we know there\u2019s greater potential to solve problems when we can bring diverse perspectives to the table and leverage our combined resources.”<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ custom_padding=”0px|50px||50px” custom_padding_tablet=”|20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_margin=”||50px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Quotee – Laura Wilson” module_class=”quotee” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n \u2014Laura Wilson, PhD<\/strong>, Director of Health Strategy and Ventures<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ transparent_background=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”||0px|” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/krfoundation.org\/year-in-review\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1080_575_TurningPoints-Health-Katie-Alexander.jpg” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ use_border_color=”off”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”photo credit” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ text_font=”Arial||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” text_font_size=”0.8em” text_line_height=”3em” header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_font_size=”15px” header_5_line_height=”1.6em” background_color=”#336699″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”right” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”-60px|||” custom_padding=”30px|70px|30px|70px” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”20px|20px|20px|20px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_main_element=”border-radius: 20px;||z-index: 1000;” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n Photo credit: Robin Scanlon<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|120px||120px” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Catalyzing Innovation” module_class=”header health” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” module_alignment=”center” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n Catalyzing Innovation<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Copy” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ header_text_color=”#006666″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n Our 2019 Innovations Symposium<\/a> in Hawaii offered a sun- and sand-enhanced destination for 140 attendees and their families. Each year, the event draws scientists, physician-scientists, clinicians, industry professionals and trainees\u2014all eager to connect and share their research on IBD. Our eighth annual gathering featured distinguished field leaders as well as early-career scientists and included poster sessions by nearly 50 grantees.<\/p>\n We designed this symposium to build gender equity and to welcome families. Panels and presentations showcased diverse perspectives of both established and younger women researchers. Trailblazing scientists like Drs. Fiona Powrie, Bana Jabri and Yasmine Belkaid presented alongside a slate of other distinguished speakers. We also offered free onsite childcare for our speakers and grantees over the three-day event, which is a surprising unusual feature for a scientific conference. We augmented with that shorter conference days and a child-friendly reception.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|50px|0px|50px” custom_padding_tablet=”|20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Quote” module_class=”quote” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n “The Foundation\u2019s efforts to ensure gender balance at the Symposium by having equal numbers of female and male speakers and providing childcare to attendees, are truly commendable. It should serve as an example for scientific conference organizers worldwide.”<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ custom_padding=”0px|50px||50px” custom_padding_tablet=”|20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Quotee – Shruti Naik” module_class=”quotee” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n \u2014Shruti Naik, PhD<\/strong>, New York University School of Medicine<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”infographic” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ custom_margin=”55px||” custom_padding=”|0px||0px” transparent_background=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”30px||30px|” make_equal=”on” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” custom_css_main_2=”border: 1px solid #e5cc80;||border-radius: 20px;” module_class=”rounded” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_image=”https:\/\/krfoundation.org\/year-in-review\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/wallpaper_health.gif” parallax=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Ensuring Diverse Perspectives – Infographic” module_class=”rounded” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”10px|30px|30px|30px” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n \u00a02019 INNOVATIONS SYMPOSIUM<\/p>\n Ensuring Diverse Perspectives<\/p>\n We promoted gender equity by increasing the number of female scientists who presented.<\/p>\n 29%<\/span><\/p>\n Percentage of attendees who were early-career researchers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> Free onsite childcare, shorter conference days and a child-friendly reception helped more parent-researchers attend.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ transparent_background=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|120px||120px” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Resources To Advance Research” module_class=”header health” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” module_alignment=”center” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n Resources To Advance Research<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Copy” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ header_text_color=”#006666″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n Investigators confront challenges beyond the intricacies of a complex disease like IBD. In response to needs expressed by our grantees at the Innovations Symposium, the Rainin Foundation created a new grant opportunity. Launched as a pilot in January 2020, our Networking Grants program is available to current grantees. Our support will enable them to secure additional resources, information and knowledge to advance their research.<\/p>\n Grant awards of up to $50,000 will provide access to materials, clinical expertise or tools that are otherwise unavailable to research teams. This might include tissue samples or access to more advanced technologies that can help refine and test novel ideas or translate their work to clinical settings. By increasing opportunities and resources for grantees\u2019 research, the Rainin Foundation hopes to accelerate the discovery of new patient treatments. 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For the first time in our Health funding, half of our 2019 Innovator Awards<\/a> support female investigators. These and other grantees are forging ahead\u2014blazing trails in IBD research and publishing their findings in high-profile journals. 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We’re an extremely diverse team and that’s what research needs\u2014people from different backgrounds, different perspectives going towards the question. 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View more information<\/strong><\/a> about these grants.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Grantees” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n Gretchen Diehl, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine<\/p>\n Edward Giles, MD, PhD, Monash University<\/p>\n David Julius, PhD, University of California, San Francisco<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> Cammie Lesser, PhD, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital<\/p>\n Yan Chun Li, PhD, University of Chicago<\/p>\n Susan Lynch, PhD, University of California, San Francisco<\/p>\n Mark Travis, PhD, University of Manchester<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|120px||120px” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.22″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Innovator Awards – Continued Support” _builder_version=”3.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”center” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n INNOVATOR AWARDS – CONTINUED SUPPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n Researchers who demonstrate significant progress toward their goals are eligible for additional support of up to two years. 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With her lab at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, she has embarked on a new frontier to research the human virome. It holds promise for treatment breakthroughs for IBD.<\/h5>\n
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The Rainin Foundation is primed to advance bold ideas toward curing IBD. Watch this video to learn more about how we are leveraging our partnerships and responding to opportunities to improve patient outcomes.<\/h5>\n
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Katie Alexander, PhD, University of Alabama, at the 2019 Innovations Symposium.<\/h5>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>Postdoctoral fellow Fatemeh Adiliaghdam, MD, is identifying viruses in the gut at the Jeffrey Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital.<\/h5>\n
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The Rainin Foundation support scientists to collaborate across disciplines on innovative research that could improve patients\u2019 lives.<\/h5>\n
2019 Grantees<\/p>\nThe Rainin Foundation invested $6 million in 2019 to support IBD research.<\/h2>\n
Advancing Promising Research<\/a><\/h2>\n
The Promise Of Parasites<\/a><\/h2>\n
A Sweet Spot For Chemistry<\/a><\/h2>\n