Jose Saenz, MD, PhD, with the Division of Gastroenterology at Washington University School of Medicine, will be named the second Research Fellow for gastric cancer at the Digestive Disease Week conference in Chicago next month. This three year grant for $270,000 is jointly funded by the American Gastroenterological Association and the Gastric Cancer Foundation. Look for details about Dr. Saenz and his research in next month's newsletter.

As noted in last month's issue, our first Research Scholar was recently selected for a congressional grant to continue his promising research at the University of Michigan.