Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Inflammatory Intestinal DIsorders (C-IID)

PROJECT NARRATIVE The main goal of the University of Chicago (UChicago) Digestive Diseases Research Core Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Inflammatory Intestinal Disorders (C-IID) is to foster and facilitate interdisciplinary and innovative and patient-oriented research in the field of complex inflammatory digestive diseases, to understand and therapeutically exploit discoveries to improve the health of patients with DD. The C-IID has successfully met its goals of advancing the science and translation of discovery in complex diseases of the bowel. The C-IID is greater than the sum of its parts. It provides strategic vision, cutting-edge, high quality, and cost-effective services and resources, and gives opportunity to current and next generation scientists to flourish in a highly collaborative and productive environment.