21 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS MAY 2017 Editorial | Expert Point of View | WCOG at ACG 2017 | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events the body, such as the kidneys, spleen and brain, triggering the inflamma-tion of chronic health conditions including multiple sclerosis, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. Inflammatory bowel disease featured prominently at UEG Week 2016, including: a call for greater at-tention on, and funding for, pediatric IBD drug research and transition services; a one-day symposium on Advances in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology for Inflammatory Bowel Disease; and the presentation of the eagerly-anticipated NOR-SWITCH study, demonstrating that a switch from INX to CT-P13 was not inferior to continued treatment with INX for patients with Crohn’s disease and ul-cerative colitis. The NOR-SWITCH findings, presented during the best attended late-breaking abstract session at UEG Week, have the potential to significantly influence how medicines are used around the world. With participants tuning in to UEG Week Live from all over the world, UEG Week 2016 in Vienna truly lived up to its motto; ‘advancing science, linking people’. To read more highlights of UEG Week 2016 visit: https://www.ueg.eu/week/past-future/ ueg-week-2016/ UEG Week Vienna 2016 Awardees Research Prize – Ernst J. Kuipers Ernst J. Kuipers was awarded the UEG Research Prize 2016 for his outstanding project titled “Hidden in plain sight: the opportunities for targeted surveillance and intervention for early gastric neoplasia”. The Prize money of € 100,000 will support him and his team in future research in the field of prevention and detection of early gastrointestinal cancer. Lifetime Achievement Award – Günter J. Krejs Günter J. Krejs has worked in Gastro-enterology for 44 years in Switzerland, the United States and Austria and has shown outstanding leadership as De-partment Chairman for 19 years and as Division Chief GI and Hepatology for 27 years. He was the President of the first multi-society meeting termed European Digestive Disease Week – the forerunner of today’s UEG Week – and a member on UEG Council until 1999. Top Abstract Prize Awardees: Joline de Groof, Conor McCann, Sean Bennet, Sandra van Brunschot, Julien Kirchgesner - € 10,000 go to each of these top 5 abstracts submit-ted to UEG Week 2016. Journal Best Paper Awardee – Tara Raftery Tara Raftery was awarded as the first author on the article titled “Effects of vitamin D supplementation on intestinal permeability, cathelicidin and disease markers in Crohn’s disease: Results from a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study”. Congress recordings - UEG Week 24/7 The congress experience continues. UEG Week 24/7 features all core scientific lectures from UEG Week Vienna: https://www.ueg.eu/educa-tion/ ueg-week-24-7/ueg-week-247/ Celebrate with us the 25th UEG Week 2017 in Barcelona The 25th UEG Week (October 28 - November 1) is one of the world’s most important gastroenterology con-gresses for everyone interested in any aspect of digestive health and disease. Register at: https://www.ueg.eu/week/ attendance/registration/
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