2013 Recipient

ACG/Naomi Nakao Gender-Based Research AwardThis award, presented in conjunction with the ACG’s Women in Gastroenterology Committeeand supported by Naomi Nakao, MD, ScD, FACG, is given to the best paper related toidentifiying gender-based differences in gastrointestinal diseases as determined by theACG Educational Affairs Committee from all abstracts submitted.2013 RecipientGender Disparities in Remission of Esophageal Intestinal Metaplasia after RadiofrequencyAblationBashar Qumseya, MD, Waseem David, MD, Massimo Raimondo, MD, FACG, TimothyWoodward, MD, Michael Wallace, MD, MPH, FACG Herbert Wolfsen, MD, FACG, MayoClinic, Jacksonville, FLACG Obesity AwardThe ACG Obesity Award is given to the best paper related to original clinical or basicscience oriented work in the area of obesity as it impacts gastrointestinal diseases ortreatments. The recipient is selected by the ACG Educational Affairs Committee from allabstracts submitted.2013 RecipientInfluence of Reflux and Central Adiposity on Intercellular Space in SquamousEsophageal EpitheliumChristopher Blevins, MD, Anamay Sharma, MBBS, Michele Johnson, PTA, Kelly Dunagan,RN, Milli Gupta, Prasad Iyer, MD, MS, FACG, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN59