Raaj Mehta, MD, MPH
@drraajmehta
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Physician-scientist with training in gastroenterology and internal medicine, working in clinical development at @sanofi
Boston, MA
Joined March 2020
Today we report in @NatureMedicine how gut microbial metabolism of 5-ASA may predict response to the drug, which is among the most common medicines used to treat #IBD: (1/9)
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Happy to see this out, especially given the incredibly high unmet need for fibrostenotic CD. 👏.
Happy to share the publication of my post-doctoral work on IBD fibrosis from the Xavier lab now out in Nature Genetics offering single cell/spatial transcriptomic analyses of Crohn’s strictures.
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RT @MassGeneralMDs: A study led by #MassGeneral physician @drraajmehta was covered by @Harvard Gazette. The study found that citrus stimula….
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Physician-researcher outlines gut-brain clues behind “orange a day” finding.
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Thrilled to see @chatpol_jamie's hard work pay off! Proud to have been part of the journey. Excited to see what you do next! #ProudMentor💫🌠.
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RT @NatureMedicine: Using the international MicroCardio Consortium, cross-cohort meta-analysis identified several phylogenetically diverse,….
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Nature Medicine - Using an international collection of population-based microbiome studies of participants in the MicroCardio Consortium, a cross-cohort meta-analysis identified several...
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RT @wenjie_ma2: Hope our work can contribute to the understanding of the complex multi-omic changes in this less-explored disease!.
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RT @AGA_Gastro: Do PPIs lead to dementia? The answer in this multinational study of 18K+ older adults is NO. Over 6+ years of in-person cog….
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RT @demishassabis: Excited to share #AlphaMissense our new AI system that can classify whether genetic mutations (missense variants) are be….
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RT @JaneHaMD: Exciting findings from our latest study in @JAMANetOpen! We prospectively examined data from 48k women and found that more fr….
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RT @MassGeneralMDs: A study led by #MassGeneral physician @drraajmehta was covered by @Medscape. The study found no link between PPI and H2….
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A study of older adults found no significant association between proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) or histamine-2 receptor antagonist (H2RA) use and dementia or cognitive decline.
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Bittersweet 😢 to leave the @MGH_RI after 10+ years of conducting clinical/translational research, but I’m thrilled 🤩 to start a new position in early phase clinical development at @VertexPharma! 💊 🔬 📝.
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RT @aebustion: SIMMER is finally published! Full online version coming soon, but check out the PDF and the online tool for now :) https://t….
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Computational reaction representations and profile hidden Markov model searches of metagenomics databases can be harnessed to accurately predict bacterial species and enzyme sequences responsible for...
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Thanks to co-lead 🌟@bkocharmd🌟, mentor @andychanmd, @mgh_cteu, @aspree_org, @AmerGastroAssn and @mgh_gi (2/2).
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📢Do PPIs lead to dementia🧠? 🚫In >18k older adults from 🇺🇸 and 🇦🇺, we found NO 🚫association between PPI or H2RA use and incident dementia, CIND, or cognitive decline. 🙌✨. We hope our study in @AGA_Gastro helps lay this issue to rest.🤔📚 (1/2) 👉
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No one better than @bkocharmd to model culturally competent dialogue in GI! Great way to promote @southasianIBD too! @MGH_GI @AshwinMDIBD . #DDW2023
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Hard to believe 🤯 it has been 10 years 🗓️ since my first @DDWMeeting in Orlando! Thanks 🙏🏽 to @AndyChanMD for being such a superb mentor! . Somehow I’m wearing the same tie… 👔 . #DDW2013 —> #DDW2023. @MGH_CTEU @MGH_GI
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Bravo 👏 to star 🌟 postdoc, @chatpol_jamie for a superb talk at #DDW2023 this morning! The gut microbiome 🦠 may modulate relationships between diet 🍊 and mood 🧠…. It has been a privilege to mentor you! @MGH_CTEU @AmerGastroAssn @AndyChanMD
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RT @hutlab: Calling all Boston-based IBD researchers! Team bioBakery is back at it for this year's Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Take Step….
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The mission of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation is to cure Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and to improve the quality of life of children and adults affected by these diseases. The Foundation...
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