Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Richard H. Duerr, MD
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics

Head, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Program

Co-Director, UPMC Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

Scientific Director, UPMC Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Office: S704 Biomedical Science Tower
3500 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-648-1897
Fax: 412-383-8864
E-mail: duerr@pitt.edu
Education
BS, University of Minnesota - Duluth, 1979
MD, University of Minnesota, 1983
Training
Training Program in Internal Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, 1986
Integrated Training Program in Digestive Diseases, University of California at Los Angeles, 1990
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics
 
Profile
Dr. Duerr is an inflammatory bowel disease researcher and clinician. He leads one of six genetic research centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH/NIDDK) Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Consortium. His research program has had uninterrupted funding from the NIH/NIDDK, the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), and/or other foundations since 1995.

Dr. Duerr is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and the CCFA. He has been an invited lecturer in local, national and international venues, and he has published original inflammatory bowel disease genetics research articles in journals such as Nature, Science, Nature Genetics, American Journal of Human Genetics, and Human Molecular Genetics. He has served on grants review committees for the NIH and CCFA, and he chaired the genetics subcommittee that generated a new set of research priorities for the CCFA in 2007.
Recent Grants
Title: NIDDK IBD Genetics Consortium Genetic Research Center (ARRA Administrative Supplement)
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $88,250
Funding Agency: NIH/NIDDK
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2010
Title: Replication of association signals identified in ulcerative colitis GWAS
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $400,000
Funding Agency: NIH/NCI
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2010
Title: Identification of the ulcerative colitis gene(s) on chromosome 2q
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $778,266
Funding Agency: NIH/NIDDK
Start Year: 2007
End Year: 2010
Title: NIDDK IBD Genetics Consortium Genetic Research Center
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $3,278,560
Funding Agency: NIH/NIDDK
Start Year: 2002
End Year: 2012
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