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“The AGA Research Foundation is focused on all research, including basic, clinical, and translational – this means their research is the underpinning of future patient care,” remarked AGA Legacy Society member, Dr. Lawrence S. Kim, AGAF.

Research creates successful practices. Patients benefit from GI research daily within their physician’s practices. Scientists are working hard to develop new treatments, therapies, and discover cures to advance the field and better patient care. But they can’t do this without research funding.

“I give back because I look forward to future work and research by [the next generation of] AGA researchers,” stated Dr. Timothy C. Wang, AGAF, AGA President-Elect and Legacy Society member. “It has been very important in my own career to receive an AGA research grant. I received the AGA–Funderburg Award, which really helped launch my whole career in gastric cancer research. And therefore, I have been a consistent donor to the AGA. I give back because I want to see this process be sustained, with a continuing stream of young, innovative researchers flowing in, with their energy and their ideas, and making important contributions to the research field.”

Legacy Society members are the most generous individual donors to the AGA Research Foundation. Members of the AGA Legacy Society provide tax-deductible gifts to the AGA Research Foundation of $5,000 per year for 5 years or $50,000 or more in a planned gift, such as a bequest.

Legacy Society members and their donations increase the amount of funding available for talented young investigators to embark upon life-long careers in gastroenterology and hepatology.

“My long-term aim is to be an independent investigator and a leader in the field of colonic stem cell biology and this award is a critical step toward that goal,” said Anne E. Powell, Ph.D., 2014 RSA recipient. “Without the generous support from this Research Scholar Award from the AGA Research Foundation, this work would not be possible.”

Individuals interested in learning more about Legacy Society membership may contact Stacey Hinton Tuneski, Senior Director of Development at [email protected]. More information on the AGA Legacy Society is available on the foundation’s website at www.gastro.org/legacysociety.

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“The AGA Research Foundation is focused on all research, including basic, clinical, and translational – this means their research is the underpinning of future patient care,” remarked AGA Legacy Society member, Dr. Lawrence S. Kim, AGAF.

Research creates successful practices. Patients benefit from GI research daily within their physician’s practices. Scientists are working hard to develop new treatments, therapies, and discover cures to advance the field and better patient care. But they can’t do this without research funding.

“I give back because I look forward to future work and research by [the next generation of] AGA researchers,” stated Dr. Timothy C. Wang, AGAF, AGA President-Elect and Legacy Society member. “It has been very important in my own career to receive an AGA research grant. I received the AGA–Funderburg Award, which really helped launch my whole career in gastric cancer research. And therefore, I have been a consistent donor to the AGA. I give back because I want to see this process be sustained, with a continuing stream of young, innovative researchers flowing in, with their energy and their ideas, and making important contributions to the research field.”

Legacy Society members are the most generous individual donors to the AGA Research Foundation. Members of the AGA Legacy Society provide tax-deductible gifts to the AGA Research Foundation of $5,000 per year for 5 years or $50,000 or more in a planned gift, such as a bequest.

Legacy Society members and their donations increase the amount of funding available for talented young investigators to embark upon life-long careers in gastroenterology and hepatology.

“My long-term aim is to be an independent investigator and a leader in the field of colonic stem cell biology and this award is a critical step toward that goal,” said Anne E. Powell, Ph.D., 2014 RSA recipient. “Without the generous support from this Research Scholar Award from the AGA Research Foundation, this work would not be possible.”

Individuals interested in learning more about Legacy Society membership may contact Stacey Hinton Tuneski, Senior Director of Development at [email protected]. More information on the AGA Legacy Society is available on the foundation’s website at www.gastro.org/legacysociety.

“The AGA Research Foundation is focused on all research, including basic, clinical, and translational – this means their research is the underpinning of future patient care,” remarked AGA Legacy Society member, Dr. Lawrence S. Kim, AGAF.

Research creates successful practices. Patients benefit from GI research daily within their physician’s practices. Scientists are working hard to develop new treatments, therapies, and discover cures to advance the field and better patient care. But they can’t do this without research funding.

“I give back because I look forward to future work and research by [the next generation of] AGA researchers,” stated Dr. Timothy C. Wang, AGAF, AGA President-Elect and Legacy Society member. “It has been very important in my own career to receive an AGA research grant. I received the AGA–Funderburg Award, which really helped launch my whole career in gastric cancer research. And therefore, I have been a consistent donor to the AGA. I give back because I want to see this process be sustained, with a continuing stream of young, innovative researchers flowing in, with their energy and their ideas, and making important contributions to the research field.”

Legacy Society members are the most generous individual donors to the AGA Research Foundation. Members of the AGA Legacy Society provide tax-deductible gifts to the AGA Research Foundation of $5,000 per year for 5 years or $50,000 or more in a planned gift, such as a bequest.

Legacy Society members and their donations increase the amount of funding available for talented young investigators to embark upon life-long careers in gastroenterology and hepatology.

“My long-term aim is to be an independent investigator and a leader in the field of colonic stem cell biology and this award is a critical step toward that goal,” said Anne E. Powell, Ph.D., 2014 RSA recipient. “Without the generous support from this Research Scholar Award from the AGA Research Foundation, this work would not be possible.”

Individuals interested in learning more about Legacy Society membership may contact Stacey Hinton Tuneski, Senior Director of Development at [email protected]. More information on the AGA Legacy Society is available on the foundation’s website at www.gastro.org/legacysociety.

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