Genetics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

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CCFA Brooklyn Take Steps

October 11, 2015

2015_Brooklyn_walk_michael_yorkes_0544-LThe “Take-Steps “ is a bold and noble endeavor that the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) embark on each year, pooling together its centers around the nation to facilitate their largest fundraising event.

The event raises awareness on the struggles and celebrates the triumphs of more than 1.4 million Americans that are ailing from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), namely, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The funds that are raised go towards helping facilitate educational and outreach campaigns, supports patient care programs and drives crucial research studies, which are focused on elucidating more information on the disease.

This year, the Genetics of IBD research team from The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, led by Drs. Judy Cho and Inga Peter, joined the efforts of CCFA at the Brooklyn Take Steps event and helped raise awareness on the struggles and triumphs of many IBD patients, as well as aided to promote efforts towards IBD research.