Published Research Award

Ray E. Clouse, MD

Ray Clouse Best Research Article in
Functional GI and Motility Disorders

The Rome Foundation established an 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 has left an indelible mark in the field of functional GI and motility disorders and of gastroenterology in general.

In 2008, the first award was given to Dr. Krisztina Gecse for her paper, "Increased fecal serine-protease activity in diarrheic ibs patients: a colonic lumenal factor impairing colonic permeability and sensitivity". In 2009, the Rome Foundation offered two awards. One went to Dr. Anurag Agrawal for his paper titled, "Bloating and distention in irritable bowel syndrome: The role of visceral sensation". The second award went to Dr. John Pandolfino for his paper titled, "Achalasia: A new clinically relevant classification by high-resolution manometry".

This year, the Rome Foundation is proud to award Dr Hanneke Beaumont for her paper titled, "The position of the acid pocket as a major risk factor for acidic reflux in healthy subjects and patients with GORD".