Dr. Susan Galandiuk , Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery, and her research team have been granted a Clinical & Translational Science Pilot Grant Program's Advanced Translational Research Award to develop a Method for the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Cancer. Dr. Galandiuk and her team propose to develop a biomarker signature model using specific blood microRNA biomarkers to help diagnosis cancer in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. They expect to create a signature model of specific biomarkers that will effectively screen for IBD-associated cancer. This $82,798 award is supported by the Commonwealth of Kentucky funded Clinical and Translational Science Pilot Grant Program at the University of Louisville.