Research Interests
Keywords: Inflammatory bowel disease
Investigation of novel diagnostic and theraputic approaches in patients with the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Understanding the role of genetics in development of IBD and response to therapy.
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Shehzad Sheikh in 黑料网 Genetics News

December 3, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for November 10th – 23rd, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 19 papers during November 10th - 23rd, 2024.

September 14, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for September 1st-14th, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 23 papers during September 1st - 14th, 2024.

April 29, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for April 14th – 27th, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during April 14th - 27th 2024.

March 3, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for February 18th – March 2nd, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during February 18th - March 2nd 2024.

February 19, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for February 4th – 17th, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during February 4th - 17th 2024.

February 15, 2024
Drs. Terry Furey and Shehzad Sheikh Awarded New R01 Grant from NIDDK
Terry Furey, PhD (Professor, Genetics and Biology) and Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD (Professor, Medicine and Genetics) were awarded a new R01 grant from NIDDK titled 鈥淢ulti-omic characterization of genetic variants in IBD risk loci鈥.

February 5, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for January 21st – February 3rd 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 9 papers during January 21st - February 3rd 2024.

April 5, 2023
Sheikh and Furey Awarded New R01 from NIDDK
Shezhad Sheikh, MD, PhD (Associate Professor, Medicine and Genetics) and Terry Furey, PhD (Professor, Genetics and Biology) received a new R01 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) for their project titled 鈥淗igh throughput functional studies of IBD-associated GWAS variants鈥.

November 20, 2022
Department of Genetics Publications for November 6th 鈥 19th, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during November 6th聽鈥 19th, 2022.

September 12, 2022
Department of Genetics Publications for August 28th 鈥 September 10th, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during August 28th 鈥 September 10th, 2022.