America’s Digestive Disease Week (DDW) was held in Washington DC from May 18 to May 21, 2024. DDW is co-organized by American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), and Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT). It is currently the world’s largest and most prestigious professional conference in the field of digestive diseases. At the conference, experts and scholars had in-depth discussions on the latest research progress in gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, and other fields. More than 14,000 experts and scholars from 104 countries attended the event.

　　Several research teams from the Gastroenterology Department of Peking University Third Hospital (PKUTH) participated in the conference and many research findings were orally presented or displayed in posters and won awards. A doctoral student won the AGA Institute Council-Gastroenterology Research Group Basic Science Trainee Award.

　　Written by: Lang Lang

　　Edited by: Liu Xin

　　Source: PKUTH