Research

While training at Cooper University Hospital, fellows are given an opportunity to participate in clinical and basic translation research. With the help of faculty mentors, fellows develop IRB proposals, and write grants and manuscripts for publication. There are vast resources which are available to facilitate scholarly pursuits.

Cooper Research Institute

Through basic and clinical research, faculty at Cooper University Hospital are bringing scientific discoveries to life with access to cutting-edge treatments in fields such as oncology, cardiology, critical care, diabetes, and gene therapy. Cooper faculty members currently conduct pver 400 National Institutes of Health (NIH) and industry-sponsored clinical trials each year. In South Jersey, many of these are only available at Cooper. The campus now holds about 46 NIH and federal grants and nearly $30,000,000 in aggregate research funding, making it number one among the regional medical campuses in the country. Past research by Cooper faculty has led to new standards of care and novel therapies in fields such as oncology, cardiology, surgery and orthopaedics.

Coriell Institute of Medical Research

The Coriell Institute for Medical Research is an independent, not-for-profit research organization dedicated to understanding human genetic diseases and providing the highest quality genetic resources. Its affiliation with Cooper University Hospital provides an excellent opportunity to our residents to participate in a variety of basic science research.

Recent Faculty Scholarly Activity

Peer Reviewed Articles

Wang YR, Loftus EV Jr., Judge TA, Peikin SR. Rate and Predictors of Esophageal and Gastric Cancers after Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in the United States. Clin Gastroenerol Hepatol 2014

Wang YR, Cangemi JR, Loftus EV Jr., Picco MF. Use of Surveillance Colonoscopy in Medicare Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease prior to Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis. Digestion 2014

Wang YR, Loftus EV Jr., Cangemi JR, Picco MF. Racial/Ethnic and Regional Differences in the Prevalence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the United States. Digestion 2013 Jun 22;88 (1) :20-25.

Wang YR, Cangemi JR, Loftus EV Jr., Picco MF. Increased Odds of Interval Left-sided Colorectal Cancer After Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Compared With Colonoscopy In Older patients In the United States: A Population-Based Analysis of the SEER-Medicare Linked Database, 2001-2005. Mayo Clin Proc 2013 May; 88 (5) :471-8. Doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.02.010. Epub 2013 Apr. 4. PMID: 23562347.

Wang YR, Cangemi JR, Loftus EV Jr., Picco MF. Risk of colorectal Cancer After Colonoscopy Compared With Flexible Sigmoidoscopy or No Lower Endoscopy Among Older Patients in the United States, 1998-2005. Mayo Clin Proc 2013 May; 88 (5) : 464-70. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.12.012. Epub 2013 Mar 21. PMID: 23522751.

Chaptini L, Chaaya A, Depalma F, Hunter K, Peikins SR, Laine L. Variation In Polyp Size Estimation Among Endoscopists and Impact on Surveillance Intervals. Gastrointest Endosc. 2014 Mar 26. Pii: S0016-517 (14) 00121-7. Doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.01.053. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24679658.

Wang YR, Cangemi JR, Picco MF. Rate of Early/Missed Colorectal Cancers after Colonoscopy in Older Patients With or Without Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the United States. Am J Gastroenterol 2013 Mar; 108 (3) : 444-9. doi: 10:1038/ajg.2012.429. Epub 2013 Jan 8. PMID: 23295277.

Qumseya BJ, Wolfsen C, Wang YR, et al. Factors Associated With Increased Bleeding Post-Endoscopic mucosal Resection. J Dig Dis 2013 Mar;14 (3) :140-6. doi: 10.1111/1751-2980.12002. PMID: 23124152.

Book Chapters

Chaptini L, Peikin SR, Obesitiy: Treatment and Complications. In: Textbook of Gastroenerology. Sixth edition. Yamada T (ed). Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, In Press.

Chaptini L, Deitch C, Peikin S. “Physiology of Weight Regulation”. In: Practical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Volume Two, Small and Large Intestine and Pancreas. Talley NJ, Kane SV, Wallace MB (eds). 2nd edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, In Press.

Louis Chaptini, Steven Peikin. Gastrointestinal Bleeding. In: Joseph E. Parillo, R. Phillip Dellinger (eds): Critical Care Medicine, Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult, 5th ed. Philadelphia, Mosby Elsevier, 2014.

Abstracts

Mannino CL, Malin JL, Conn AR, Judge TA, and Wang YR. Racial/ethnic differences in inflammatory bowel disease, medical treatment, and medication compliance at a tertiary care academic medical center. Poster presentation (P1061) at the American College of Gastroenterology annual scientific meeting in San Diego, CA on October 11-16, 2013.

Mannino CL, Malin JL, Conn AR, Judge TA, and Wang YR. Racial/ethnic differences in inflammatory bowel disease phenotypes at a tertiary care academic medical center. AGA poster presentation at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 on May 18/-21 in Orlando, FL.

Mannino CL, Malin JL, Conn AR, Judge TA, and Wang YR. Racial/ethnic differences in inflammatory bowel disease risk factors, medication compliance and outcomes at a tertiary care academic medical center. AGA poster presentation at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 on May 18-21 in Orlando, FL.

Presentations

Steven Peikin, MD “Rate and Predictors of Possible Missed Esophageal and Gastric Cancers After Esophagogastroduaendoscopy in the United States”. National Meeting, American College of Gastroenterology, San Diego, 2013. And also presented at the University of Sienna, Italy at the Bokus International Society of Gastroenterology.

Adam Elfant, MD“ H. Pylori: Diagnosis and Management”. North Carolina Nurses Association, Wilmington, NC, 2014

Thomas Judge, MD“ Assessing Risk in IBD”. Atlantic City, NJ, 2014

Poster Presentations

Wang YR, Loftus EV, Judge TA, and Peikin SR. Rate and predictors of possible missed esophageal and gastric cancers after esophagogastroduodenoscopy in the United States. Oral presentation at the American College of Gastroenterology annual scientific meeting in San Diego, CA on October 11-16, 2013.

Mannino CL, Malin JL, Conn AR, Judge TA, and Wang YR. Racial/ethnic differences in inflammatory bowel disease, medical treatment, and medication compliance at a tertiary care academic medical center. Poster presentation (P1061) at the American College of Gastroenterology annual scientific meeting in San Diego, CA on October 11-16, 2013.

Mannino CL, Malin JL, Conn AR, Judge TA, and Wang YR. Racial/ethnic differences in inflammatory bowel disease phenotypes at a tertiary care academic medical center. AGA poster presentation at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 on May 18/-21 in Orlando, FL.

Mannino CL, Malin JL, Conn AR, Judge TA, and Wang YR. Racial/ethnic differences in inflammatory bowel disease risk factors, medication compliance and outcomes at a tertiary care academic medical center. AGA poster presentation at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 on May 18-21 in Orlando, FL.

Wang YR, Cangemi JR, Loftus EV, Jr. and Picco MF. Decreased risk of colorectal cancer after colonoscopy in patients 76-85 years old in the United States: a population-based analysis of the SEER-Medicare linked database, 1998-2005. ASGE oral presentation at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 on May 18-21 in Orlando, FL.