THE GO8 AND CHINA WORKING TOGETHER; STRONG AND SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH PARTNERS
University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Professor Mark Morrison is part of the Eastern Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gut Microbiota (ENIGMA) project, an international investigation into the causes of Crohn’s disease (CD). The study, which involves researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) partners in mainland China, is examining how interactions between ethnicity, geography, diet, and the gut microbiome are involved in CD in both Asian and western populations. The populations of China, Hong Kong SAR, and Australia are experiencing a rapid increase in rates of gastrointestinal diseases, particularly CD and IBD.