Director of the Mayo Foundation Office of Human Research Protection Joins the Foundation for Clinical Research in IBD

William J. Tremaine, MD,Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and the Director of the Mayo Foundation Office of Human Research Protection recently joined the Foundation for Clinical Research in IBD's Scientific Advisory Committee.

(PRWEB) October 9, 2004 -- William J. Tremaine, MD,Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, and the Director of the Mayo Foundation Office of Human Research Protection recently joined the Foundation for Clinical Research in IBD's Scientific Advisory Committee.

"We are delighted to welcome Dr. Tremaine to our Scientific Advisory Committee," says Daniel H. Present, MD, the Foundation's Chairman of the Board and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "He brings a wealth of experience as a clinician and researcher in the area of inflammatory bowel disease."

The Foundation for Clinical Research in IBD strives to enhance the array of effective medications for people who have Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis (inflammatory bowel diseases, or IBD) by providing clinical research grants. The Foundation also encourages young gastroenterologists to pursue clinical careers in IBD and educates patients about these chronic diseases.

Dr. Tremaine has published some 210 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts. Among his honors and awards are Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology (2002), and Fellow of The American College of Physicians (1988).

For more information about the work of the Foundation, visit its Web site at http://www.clinicalresearchinibd.org .

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