Managing mental health is just as important as taking care of physical health. 🧠 In our latest Gastro Gyan Episode, Patient Advocate Basmah Ali joins Dr. Megan Riehl to discuss navigating depression & anxiety in GI conditions. 💜 Watch the full episode now! 🎥 saia-gi.org/how-to-navig...

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Joy J. Liu to our Medical Advisory Panel! 🎉 Dr. Liu is a specialist in neurogastroenterology & motility, serving as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University. Read more about Dr. Liu here👩🏻‍⚕️ saia-gi.org/medical-advi...

Happy World IBD day! 🌍🎉 At SAIA, we aim to cultivate culturally sensitive #IBD care through educational resources, research, and advocacy. Sign up to become a member: saibda.memberclicks.net/index.php?op... Let’s continue to #BreakTheSilence! 🙌🏽

New Article in Gastroenterology & CGH ✨ Honored to share our research article on cultural barriers to clinical trials from SAIA-AGA’s groundbreaking Clinical Research Roundtable at #DDW2025: doi.org/10.1053/j.ga... Thanks to @amergastroassn.bsky.social for their partnership on this key initiative!

SAIA is delighted to collaborate with Dr. Misha Kabir at University College London and Dr. Diya Kapila at St. Mark’s Hospital to help shape an exciting new study focused on developing a bowel cancer risk prediction test. For more information or to get involved, please email: [email protected]

Our latest newsletter is here! 🎉 Read our first newsletter of 2026 celebrating our growth & impact! We wouldn’t be where we are without you all! Become a member & receive our newsletter today! saibda.memberclicks.net/new-member-a... 💜

In line with SAIA’s expansion into GI, we’re thrilled to introduce our Medical Advisor in the CRC space, gastroenterologist and physician scientist Dr Aasma Shaukat to our Medical Advisory Panel! Learn more about Aasma: saia-gi.org/medical-advi... We’re so proud to continue growing! 💜

We are proud to host a KEY talk on Pediatric to Adult Transition of Care 💥 Join @ashishpatelpch, @crohnsbabble, @DrAlexandraFuss & @raitaibd who explore successful & culturally informed transition of care 🙌🏽 Tune in Sat April 11th on SAIA’s FB (saia.org), IG (saia.gi) & YouTube (saia-GI) page!

Happy National Nutrition Month 🍛🍐 We are thrilled to launch our Nutrition Committee. The committee is led by amazing #WomeninGI - Dr. Maitreyi Raman & Shehnaz Bashir, RD. Learn more: saia-gi.org/nutrition-co...

Living with a GI condition doesn’t mean giving up the flavors you love 🌶️✨ In our latest Gastro Gyan episode, Shehnaz Bashir, R.D. joins Patient Advocate Nour A. to share practical ways to adapt your favorite cultural dishes! 💛 Watch here! saia-gi.org/how-to-add-f...

This #CRCAwarenessMonth, we’re sharing our expert-reviewed resource on Colorectal Cancer (CRC). 💙 Explore the resource here: saia-gi.org/resources/an...   Early awareness can save lives! Recognise the symptoms, understand your risk, and don’t delay getting screened 🩺

We’re continuing to raise awareness this #CRCAwarenessMonth! 💙 This time, we’re sharing our expert-reviewed resource on cultural considerations around colonoscopies while also addressing & debunking common myths! Learn more from our resource here: saia-gi.org/resources/cu...

📢 Call for #IBD survey participants 📢 Proud to partner with Dr. Manasi Agrawal at Mount Sinai to explore patient perspectives on environmental factors in IBD 🌎 Access the survey via the QR code or the link: redcap.mountsinai.org/redcap/surve... Your input will help direct future IBD research! 🔬

Celebrating 15k subscribers on YouTube! 🙌🏽 When our Patient Education Livestreams launched in 2021, we couldn't have imagined the impact our videos would have on the GI community 💥 Check them out: youtube.com/@saia-gi We can’t wait to keep learning & growing with you! 💜

Our 2025 Impact Report is out! 🗞️ Read about our accomplishments in 2025 & receive other updates from SAIA by signing up for membership: saibda.memberclicks.net/new-member-a... What an incredible year! Thank you to our sponsors and community for making this possible! 💥 🙌🏽

Our latest newsletter is here! 🎉 This special edition celebrates 5 years of SAIA's @ibdesis.bsky.social, exciting new additions to our team, plus important educational resources & research publications! Become a member & receive our newsletter today! saibda.memberclicks.net/new-member-a... 💜

We are thrilled to welcome pediatric GI Dr. Ashish Patel to our Medical Advisory Panel! 🎉 🙌🏽 Learn more about Ashish here: saia-gi.org/medical-advi... We’re so proud to continue growing to better serve & empower our pediatric patients and their caregivers 💜

Last month at AIBD, we asked attendees about their favorite IBD myth to bust! Check out our new vid to see the responses, which range from 😂 to 😱 SAIA is proud to work alongside you all, busting these myths to improve the lives of patients with IBD and other GI conditions 💜

Patient voices in #IBD #research matter. Both @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social & @voiceforibd.bsky.social had the honor to contribute to a @bmj.com State of the Art Review on IBD medical mgmt, written for clinicians & including a patient perspective section to ground PROs👇🏼 🔗 bit.ly/MedicalMgmtO...

✨ Welcoming SAIA’s New President: Dr. Bincy Abraham! ✨ We are thrilled to have Dr. Abraham on board during this exciting time of expansion for SAIA & are thrilled to see her commitment to improve the lives of people with #IBD & other GI conditions 💜 Check out her bio: saia-gi.org/saias-leader...

Proud to have 2 SAIA Leaders, Dr. Parakkal Deepak & Tina @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social, represent in the PROMISE Workshop & in an important new Gastroenterology publication called Prediction & Prevention of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Call to Action 🙌🏽 Read more: www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...

It’s Gastro Gyan time 🥁🎉 In this episode of SAIA’s Gastro Gyan Series, Dr. Sanket Patel & Patient Advocate Aisha Memon discuss tips & tricks to make infusions & injections easy, accessible & acceptable for all patients 💥🙏🏽 Tune in: youtu.be/nHGfBREFSzQ?...

At #ACG2025, we announced @saia-gi.bsky.social expansion into #CultureAndGI as “Strategic Alliance for Intercultural Advocacy in GI,” something we’ve been doing, just now our name has caught up 💥 Thank you for the support as we usher in a new era! Special thank you to @amcollegegastro.bsky.social 🙏🏽

SAIA is expanding! 🥳 At ACG 2025, we announced a brand new SAIA! We’re grateful for our growth as South Asian IBD Alliance, but we are now... ✨️ Strategic Alliance for Intercultural Advocacy in GI ✨️ Still SAIA, but we're now encompassing "Culture & GI" to ensure inclusion for all. 🙏🏼

Honored to be speaking at Indo US Rare’s Summit on accessible & culturally inclusive #clinicaltrials I plan to share @southasianibd.bsky.social & @amergastroassn.bsky.social’s critical work on inclusion of Asian MENA & Pacific Islander #IBD community Join us: summit.indousrare.org/register-now

Have you checked out J&J’s IBD Social Circle’s whitepaper on the need for community in #IBD? 😊 This is a powerful paper with staggering statistics on isolation, stigma and the need for multidisciplinary care for us IBD patients. Check it out: www.ibdsocialcircle.com/community-ib...

Happy World Ostomy Day!! We are so proud to partner with them on educational resources and partners to support and empower patients and their families & friends with IBD

This #WorldOstomyDay, @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social shares how it’s absolutely possible to wear a saree with confidence as an #ostomate! We’re proud to collaborate with @coreibd.bsky.social on this important video. www.coreibd.org To explore SAIA's resources visit: southasianibd.org/patient-educ...

@ownyourcrohns.bsky.social giving a very passionate talk about cultural sensitive care and focus on psychosocial aspects in all GI disorders to @AmerGastroAssn leadership summit. Your advocacy makes a HUGE difference Tina!

An honor to present at #PIBDRD25 on the epidemiology, phenotypes, clinical features & sex-based differences of #IBD in #SouthAsians 🙌🏽 This was my 1st time presenting on a wide scale as a RESEARCHER at an IBD conference. Thank you to @neeraguptamd.bsky.social for the kind invitation 🙏🏽

Will need time to dig in on this paper, but this looks like it could make pre-clinical intervention to prevent #IBD possible. @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...

This @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social publication took our team & collaborators 3+ years in the making👏🏽 Congratulations to all the authors!

SAIA collaborated with researchers globally on important new research in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social, 'IBD in South Asia: A Scoping Review' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... This article comprehensively reviews #IBD to state that IBD in South Asia is NOT DISSIMILAR from North America & Europe.

Our scoping review on IBD in South Asia is published! It took us over 3 years to review the literature and write. We hope that this paper will provide clinical pearls and help advance the field. @dranuraagj.bsky.social @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social

We’re honoured to have tabled & presented at GAPIO’s 15th Annual Meeting in Mysuru, India 🇮🇳 Thrilled to have Madhura, Tanya, Tina represent SAIA & Tina speak about ‘GI Surgery: Comprehensive Care for IBD’ discussing #biologics & #ostomy #jpouch surgeries & the growing need for #IBD care in India.

So excited to have attended GAPIO’s conference recently in Mysore, India, and have contributed the patient perspective on GI Surgery and what patients need in terms of care. Looking forward to a future of patient centricity in chronic disease management across the globe! 🌏

Proud to have @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social involved in a @amergastroassn.bsky.social consortium on #Crohns #perianalfistula with esteemed faculty Dr David Schwartz, Dr Amy Lightner, among others. Read their best practices for #CPF management in Gastroenterology: www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...

FDA approves mirikizumab for moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease www.prnewswire.com/news-release... #GastroSky #MedSky #IDSky

SAIA is a proud partner of @ScrubsNHeels Leadership Summit 2025! Join us April 4-6 for an amazing #WomenInGI conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, with inspiring speakers, workshops, & networking! 💃🏽🎉 Register today: scrubsandheels.com/leadership-s...

Great post by @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social & Natalie, making key findings from #AIBD2024 accessible to patients across the world! Learn more ⬇️

We are so proud of the work Tina(@ownyourcrohns.bsky.social) and Natalie are doing to make IBD conference content comprehensible for patients 🙌🏽🙌🏽 In this well-written article, learn more about the key themes from #AIBD2024: ownyourcrohns.com/key-takeaway...

SAIA is a proud partner of #CCCongress25, a Crohn's & Colitis Foundation & @amergastroassn.bsky.social conference being held in San Francisco on Feb 6-8. Join us to learn about the latest scientific breakthroughs & treatment strategies revolutionizing #IBD care. Register: crohnscolitiscongress.org

Walking into 2025 like… 💃🏽 Having been diagnosed 19 years ago with #IBD, I never realized how much the condition would change my life. I’m grateful to be owning my Crohn’s everyday helping run @southasianibd.bsky.social @ibdesis.bsky.social w/ brilliant patients & doctors 🧿🙏🏽

#PIBDRD25 Day 1, Session 2 (April 10, 2025) at @childrensnational.bsky.social in Washington DC‼️ #SexDifferences #SexInScience #IBD #EoE #EosinophilicEsophagitis #Growth #Food #Nutrition #Immunometabolism

#PIBDRD25 Day 1, Session 3 (April 10, 2025) at @childrensnational.bsky.social in Washington DC‼️ #Endoscopy #Growth #Rheumatology #IBD #SouthAsian #SexDifferences #SexInScience

Check out this 🧵for the complete agenda (2 days, 7 sessions) for the 9th Pediatric IBD Research Days (PIBDRD) Meeting at @childrensnational.bsky.social in #WashingtonDC on April 10 & 11, 2025‼️ Registration information is coming soon‼️ #PIBDRD25 #GrowthStudy #SexInScience #SexDifferences #IBD

Team SAIA / @ibdesis.bsky.social wishes you a #HappyNewYear! We hope 2025 brings you & your loved ones good health & joy! 2024 was a big year for us and we are truly thankful for your support 💜💜 In 2025 & beyond, we will continue to work hard to improve #IBD care globally 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Happy Holidays from all of us at SAIA / @ibdesis.bsky.social ✨✨🎄🎄 We send our love and best wishes to you and your loved ones💜💜 We hope you have a wonderful time filled with happiness, good health, and festive cheer🥳🎉🎇

The latest edition of our newsletter is out 🎉 This edition is filled with updates from our physician & patient advocacy team around the 🌏 To receive our newsletter & become a part of the SAIA / IBDesis community, sign up to be a SAIA member today: saibda.memberclicks.net/newsletters 💜

#NewOntheBlog ✍️🏾 Rohit Aita shares key takeaways from Dr. Lea Ann Chen's presentation at #DDW2024 on the potential protective factor in microbiomes of unaffected relatives w/ high IBD polygenic risk scores👏🏾 Read the post on SAIA's blog to learn more: southasianibd.org/rohits-refle...