Milena Bogunovic, MD, PhD, has received the $100,000 Kenneth Rainin Foundation Innovator Award.
Here's what you need to know:
1. The Kenneth Rainin Foundation Innovator Award supports one-year research projects that relate to inflammatory bowel disease.
2. Dr. Bogunovic's research investigates how inflammation in the intestine alters gastrointestinal function. This information may help physicians better understand the symptoms of patients in IBD remission.
3. Dr. Bogunovic is an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa.