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Scientific Advisory Committee

The role of  this Committee is to review applications for basic science or clinical research funding into Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.  It then presents its recommendation to the Committee of Management, after which a final decision on the successful application is reached.

The Scientific Advisory Committee comprises members who are actively involved in gastroenterological research, and in particular, inflammatory bowel disease research.   Previous members of the Scientific Advisory Committee include Professor Greg Whelan from St. Vincent’s Hospital and Professor Francis Dudley from The Alfred Hospital.

Current members include Associate Professor Tony Catto-Smith from The Royal Children’s Hospital, Dr. Miles Sparrow from The Alfred Hospital, both of whom are on the Committee of Management and Dr. Greg Moore from the Monash Medical Centre, whose details are below.

All members of the Scientific Advisory Committee are honorary members.

Prof. Tony Catto-Smith

Professor Tony Catto-Smith joined the Committee of Management and The Gutsy Group’s Scientific Committee in 2007. Tony is the Director of the Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. 

Tony qualified in medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, undertook training in paediatrics in the UK, then Melbourne and Perth, and obtained experience in indigenous medicine in Port Hedland (WA).  Tony then undertook further training over 3 years in Paediatric Gastroenterology in Calgary, Canada as a Fellow of the Canadian Association of Ileitis and Colitis.  Tony’s main clinical interests are in inflammatory bowel disease, bowel motility disorders and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.  Tony is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and has active clinical and research interests.

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Dr. Miles Sparrow

Dr Miles Sparrow joined the Committee of Management and the Scientific Advisory Committee in 2008. Miles graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1995 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2004.

After finishing gastroenterology training in Melbourne he undertook a clinical research fellowship in inflammatory bowel disease at The University of Chicago and then Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.   Currently Miles attends inflammatory bowel disease clinics at The Alfred and Box Hill Hospitals and works in private practice at Brighton Gastroenterology Associates.  Miles’ research interests include the use of experimental agents in clinical trials and the optimal use of immune modulating medications in inflammatory bowel disease.

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Dr. Greg Moore

Dr Greg Moore joined the Scientific Advisory Committee in 2009. Greg completed his undergraduate training at Monash University and then undertook Gastroenterology training at Monash Medical Centre before completing a PhD in immunology and novel therapeutics for IBD at St.Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and the University of Melbourne. 

He returned to Monash Medical Centre in 2007 to establish an IBD Unit which has a dedicated clinic and clinical trials programme.  Greg is also a Senior Lecturer in the Monash University Department of Medicine with an ongoing interest in IBD immunology.

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