About the Study Section
“The Digestive and Nutrient Physiology and Diseases (DNPD) study section reviews applications involving function and physiology of the GI tract with respect to the physiology or pathophysiology of digestion, nutrition and related functional disorders. Topics include GI development and growth differentiation control, GI dysplasia and pre-neoplasia not due to immune or host-microbe interactions, brain-gut interactions, enteric nervous system, motility disorders, acid secretion and acid related disease, GI hormones, pancreatic function and dysfunction, GI system nutrient absorption and malabsorption, diarrheal diseases.”
Michigan State University researcher Dr. Adam Moeser has accepted an invitation to serve as a standing member of the National Institutes of Health’s Digestive and Nutrient Physiology and Diseases Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review. Moeser’s term began immediately, and will end June 30, 2025.
As a member, Moeser will review and make recommendations regarding grant applications to the NIH and any relevant national advisory council or board. He also will monitor the status of grantees' scientific research.
“Unbiased, fair, and expert review is a critical part in maintaining the highest level of scientific rigor and integrity, which the NIH uses to select the most promising work that will help overcome barriers in research and medicine, and I am honored to be part of this important process,” Moeser says. “Serving my community of fellow scientists gives me the opportunity to meet new colleagues and discuss cutting-edge research with nationally recognized leaders in the field. I also feel it is important, and my responsibility, to give back to the scientific community by serving.”
According to NIH’s Center for Scientific Review, study section members “are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, and other significant scientific activities, achievements, and honors.”
“Dr. Moeser’s invitation to serve in this capacity is a testament to his scientific expertise and his willingness and skill at sharing that with others, both within and surrounding the research community,” says Dr. Annette O’Connor, chair for the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences. “The success of his mentees is added support for Moeser’s service on this study section.”
Dr. Adam Moeser is a professor and the Matilda R. Wilson Endowed Chair for the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. In addition, Moeser directs the College’s Gastrointestinal Stress Biology Laboratory. Centered on the intersection between human and animal health, Moeser’s research seeks to establish better understanding of how early-life adversity, such as adverse childhood events and psychosocial trauma, influences the development and function of the brain-gut axis and contributes to increased disease across the lifespan.
Prior to his invitation to become a full member, Moeser served as an ad hoc reviewer for the National Institutes of Health’s Digestive and Nutrient Physiology and Diseases Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review.
Learn more about Dr. Adam Moeser, NIH’s Digestive and Nutrient Physiology and Disease Study Section, and MSU’s Gastrointestinal Stress Biology Laboratory.