Ravy Vajravelu, MD, Appointed Associate Program Director for Research Pathway in UPMC GI Fellowship Program

The University of Pittsburgh's Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition announced that Ravy Vajravelu, MD, has been appointed as the Associate Program Director for the Research Pathway in the UPMC GI Fellowship Program. In this role, he will mentor the next generation of clinician investigators within the Division.

Dr. Vajravelu is a practicing gastroenterologist who also performs research to develop personalized medicine strategies that aim to improve the diagnosis and treatment of individuals with gastrointestinal conditions. He is working toward this goal by designing new biostatistical techniques to accurately and efficiently analyze big health data and by identifying clinical strategies that improve patient outcomes for common gastrointestinal diseases.

In particular, he studies strategies for gastrointestinal cancer screening, causes of common gastrointestinal conditions like irritable bowel syndrome, gastrointestinal bleeding, and intestinal infections, and gastrointestinal side effects of common medications. His research has been published in high-impact gastroenterology and informatics journals, such as Gastroenterology, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Based on this experience, he has served as Associate Editor for Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety and Evidence Based GI.

Learn more about Dr. Vajravelu.