Published Research Award

Ray E. Clouse, MD

Ray Clouse Best Research Article in
Functional GI and Motility Disorders

The Rome Foundation established this award in memory of Ray E. Clouse, MD, a gastroenterologist and scholar at Washington University School of Medicine and a devoted member of the Rome Foundation. Ray’s academic career spanned 27 years of research, teachings and writings that left an indelible mark in the field of functional GI and motility disorders and of gastroenterology in general.






In 2009, the Rome Foundation is pleased to offer 2 awards to Dr. Anurag Agrawal for his paper on "Bloating and distention in irritable bowel syndrome: The role of visceral sensation" and to Dr. John Pandolfino for his paper on "A new clinically relevant classification by high-resolution manometry".


2009 Ray Clouse Prize Winners


Anurag Agrawal, PhD, MRCP

Clinical Research Fellow
Neurogastroenterology Unit
University of Manchester
South Manchester, UK



John E. Pandolfino, MD

Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL, USA




2008 Ray Clouse Prize Winner

Krisztina Gecse, MD

Fellow in Training
1st Department of Internal Medicine
University of Szeged