WIRE to Present Eight Abstracts at DDW 2026

The WIRE will present eight abstracts at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2026, held May 2–5 in Chicago. This marks WIRE's first DDW as a structured research lab and reflects a coordinated year of trainee-driven scholarship and programmatic study development.

Five trainees are represented across these projects — Talia Malik, Tavia Buysse, Tasmia Amjad, Mikaela Hoard, and Daniel Simadibrata — spanning medical student, resident, and fellow levels. Each contributed in substantive authorship roles within ongoing research initiatives focused on clinical trial methodology, observational research, practice variation, scientific transparency in endoscopy, and esophageal bioengineering. Notably, Talia Malik will present at ASGE Video Plenary I on regrowing the human esophagus in vivo with endoscopic bioengineering.

Importantly, five of the eight accepted studies were designed to generate preliminary data and inform two major NIH funding applications planned for 2026. These abstracts represent early scientific groundwork for larger, multicenter efforts aimed at improving the design, execution, and relevance of clinical research in gastrointestinal endoscopy.

We are proud to represent the Medical College of Wisconsin in Chicago and to see our trainees leading nationally presented work. More importantly, we look forward to building on this momentum as we pursue federal funding and expand collaborative research efforts in the year ahead.