2011 Warren Prize Winner

Frits Koning, Ph.D., head of the Immunochemistry Section in the Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion of the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), the Netherlands, is recipient of the 2011 William K. Warren, Jr. Prize for Excellence in Celiac Disease Research.  Professor Koning was presented with the award by Mr. William K. Warren, Jr. and gave the 2011 Warren Prize Lecture, "Celiac Disease: How complicated can it get?", on June 3, 2011.

Lectures Available online

The Warren Celiac Center has held a series of free community lectures over the past few years. They were filmed, and aired on UCSD-TV. They are also available for online viewing at UCSD-TV and on Youtube.com. Below are the links for each year's program and a program description.

2010 Community Lecture: "Celiac Disease and Gluten: Facts, Fiction & Controversies
Date: November 2, 2010

UCSD-TV: http://www.ucsd.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=19658
Youtube.com: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOd7vQsVTZw

Program Description
Celiac disease is an inflammatory autoimmune disorder of the small intestine triggered by gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. Celiac disease is an inflammatory autoimmune disorder of the small intestine triggered by gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. With symptoms that vary from person to person, it's a disease that often remains undiagnosed. Join Martin Kagnoff, one of the country's leading authorities in Celiac disease research, Kimberly Newton, a pediatric gastroenterologist, and dietitian Shawna McNally for a detailed discussion about the disease and its many misconceptions.

2008 Community Lecture: "Understanding Celiac Disease & Gluten Sensitivity: Your Gut Reaction
Date: October 28, 2008

UCSD-TV: http://www.ucsd.tv/search-details.asp?showID=15359
Youtube.com:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxBZ5E8Ilf8

Program Description:
Celiac disease is an inflammatory condition of the small intestine triggered by the consumption of gluten, a dietary protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. It is estimated that 85% of the people in the U.S. with celiac disease remain undiagnosed. In this program, experts from the Wm. K. Warren Medical Research Center for Celiac Disease at UCSD help us to understand this disease. Martin F. Kagnoff, M.D., one of the country's leading authorities, and director of the center, discusses the role of various tests in diagnosis, how celiac disease affects the body, as well as gluten intolerance and wheat allergy in the absence of celiac disease. Kimberly P. Newton, M.D., Pediatric Gastroenterologist and director of the pediatric celiac clinic at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, covers special aspects of celiac disease in children. The Center's former dietitian shares how to keep celiac disease under control with a gluten-free diet.

2007 Community Lecture: "What You Need to Know About Celiac Disease and the Gluten-Free Diet
Date: September 19, 2007

UCSD-TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR2LvQmoF1Y
Youtube.com: Youhttp://www.ucsd.tv/search-details.asp?showID=13429

Program Description:
Can bread, pasta, cookies, pizza crust make you sick?   The answer for 1 out of 100 people in the U.S. is yes. For this group, celiac disease, a frequently misdiagnosed digestive condition, is the cause. Join us for a thorough overview of the disease featuring recognized experts in the field presented by UCSD’s Wm. K. Warren Medical Research Center for Celiac Disease.  Speakers include: Martin F. Kagnoff, M.D., one of the country’s leading authorities in Celiac Disease research, presenting on how this disease affects the body.  Gregory S. Harmon, M.D., Gastroenterologist, covers diagnosis and treatment.  The Center's former dietitian shares how to keep the disease under control with a gluten-free diet.  

For more information, click [HERE] for the UCSD-TV website.

 

Celiac Disease Screening/Research Study

Community Screening Program/Research Study for Celiac Disease - NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

The Warren Celiac Center offers a low-cost celiac disease screening program/research study. For additional information, along with an application form, click [HERE].

San Diego Gluten-Free Expo 2012

Save the date for the SAN DIEGO GLUTEN-FREE EXPO, to be held Saturday, November 17, 2012. Click [HERE] for more information.

Gluten-Free Expo 2011

Check out the video from San Diego Gluten-Free Expo 2011:

Youtube Links:

Glutten Free Expo 2011 Dr Kagnoff- Ch 6

Gluten Free for the Holidays KSWB

Gluten Free Foods NBC San Diego 2

Gluten Free Expo With Heather KSWB

KUSI News San Diego CA Glutten-Free Expo

Going Gluten Free KSWB

Gluten Free In SD KSWB

Dr. Kagnoff at the San Diego Gluten-Free Expo

Testing for Celiac Disease

Click [HERE] for a one-page printable PDF document on testing for celiac disease.


CELIAC DISEASE RESEARCH/NEWS

National Institutes of Health - Celiac Disease Awareness Campaign ( From the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse A service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Educational Materials and Resources

Testing for Celiac Disease (for providers) [HTML]
Dermatitis Herpetiformis: Skin Manifestation of Celiac Disease [HTML]
What I need to know about Celiac Disease [HTML]
What I Need to Know about Celiac Disease (Spanish) [HTML]
Celiac Disease -A fact sheet [HTML]
The Gluten Free Diet - Some Examples [HTML file]
Celiac Disease: What You Need to Know [HTML]
NIH Consensus Statement on Celiac Disease [HTML]

Celiac Disease Campaign Newsletter
Current edition [LINK]



 

(2012) Can Consumers Trust Web-Based Information About Celiac Disease?

Read more about the recently published journal title "Can Consumers Trust Web-Based Information About Celiac Disease? Accuracy, Comprehensiveness, Transparency, and Readability of Information on the Internet"

Authors: McNally SL, Donohue MC, Newton KP, Ogletree SP, Conner KK, Ingegneri SE, Kagnoff MF Can Consumers Trust Web-Based Information About Celiac Disease? Accuracy, Comprehensiveness, Transparency, and Readability of Information on the Internet Interact J Med Res 2012;1(1):e1

URL: http://www.i-jmr.org/2012/1/e1/

Click Here

About Celiac Disease

Celiac Disease is an immune-mediated disorder that affects primarily the gastrointestinal tract in individuals of all ages. The classic description of a child with Celiac Disease was one who was irritable, with profound abdominal distention, gluteal wasting, and failure to thrive or in adults, profound malabsorption and weight loss.

It is now recognized that Celiac Disease affects other organ systems causing disease without overt GI symptoms, which adds a diagnostic challenge to healthcare providers caring for patients with Celiac Disease.

It is important to consider the diagnosis when faced not only with patients who present with GI symptoms, but also additional non-intestinal symptoms that do not respond reasonably to conventional type therapies.

Resources

For a printable PDF file with information on San Diego Area Celiac Disease Support Groups, click [here]

For information about local meetings, speakers, special events, activities, etc, go to http://glutenfreeinsd.com/sd_support_groups.html

Gluten Free in SD (San Diego)
Website: http://glutenfreeinsd.com
Email: info@glutenfreeinsd.com

Celiac Sprue Association/USA San Diego Chapter #57
Website : http://glutenfreeinsd.com/csa-usa_sd_chapter.html
Email: jepsquirt@att.net; kimberlyduvall@yahoo.com

Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF), Temecula Chapter
Website: http://glutenfreeinsd.com/cdf_temecula.html
Email: ramonacdf@aol.com

Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF), Hemet Chapter
Email:Jenny Darby, jenny_darby@hughes.net
This group meets on the 2nd Saturday of every month at the Red Robin (1900 W. Florida Avenue Hemet, CA 92545)

Raising Our Celiac Kids (R.O.C.K.), San Diego Chapter
Website: http://glutenfreeinsd.com/rock.html
Email: cyberbeck@gmail.com

Teens Against Gluten (T.A.G.), San Diego
website: http://glutenfreeinsd.com/tag.html
Email:suejarrold@gmail.com;

National Support Groups:

Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF)
Website: http://celiac.org
To find a support group in your area of the country, click on Local Support
For a list of Celiac Disease Centers and experts across the United States, click [here]
Email: cdf@celiac.org

Raising Our Celiac Kids (R.O.C.K.)
National website: www.celiackids.com
National Email: rock@celiackids.com

Celiac Sprue Association
Website: http://www.csaceliacs.org/
Email: celiacs@csaceliacs.org