Published Research Award

Ray E. Clouse, MD

Ray Clouse Best Research Article in
Functional GI and Motility Disorders

The Rome Foundation established an award in memory of Ray E. Clouse, MD a gastroenterologist and scholar at Washington University School of Medicine and a devoted member of the Rome Foundation. Ray’s academic career spanned 27 years of research, teachings and writings that has left an indelible mark in the field of functional GI and motility disorders and of gastroenterology in general.

The Rome Foundation will present a $500 prize to the first author of the best research article published in the field of Functional GI or Motility Disorders since the last Digestive Disease Week. This prize will be presented at the Rome Foundation Reception on May 19, 2012, 6:00pm - 8:00pm, San Diego, CA (exact location TBD).

Eligible papers: Published papers on empirical research (i.e., reviews and meta-analyses are not eligible) related to functional GI or motility disorders, defined broadly, not excluding any category. Publication date for nominations would include May 2010 (DDW) to May 2011 (DDW) (including early online publication ahead of print). Articles submitted but not accepted or published are not eligible for nomination. Articles that are in press that will be published before DDW are eligible for nomination, but require correspondence from the journal with publication date.

Articles with Rome Foundation Board members as authors (first author or otherwise) will not be eligible. Current Rome Foundation Board members are Douglas Drossman, Fernando Azpiroz, Lin Chang, William Chey, John Kellow, Jan Tack, Nicholas Talley, Robin Spiller, W. Grant Thompson, and William Whitehead.

Nomination of papers: Nominations should include a short paragraph of why the paper is being nominated, and a .pdf file of the article. Nominations must be received by email to Michele Pickard (mpickard@theromefoundation.org) no later than March 16, 2012.

New prize to be awarded at DDW!
A new prize will be awarded this year entitled, "Ray Clouse Award for the Paper Most Cited".
We will evaluate articles in functional GI and motility disorders published from January 2008 to December 2010 in the following journals: Gastroenterology, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gut, Neurogastroenterology and Motility, and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The $500 prize will be presented in addition to the "Ray Clouse Best Research Article in Functional GI and Motility Disorders" at the Rome Foundation Reception on May 19, 2012 (DDW).

Thank you for your help in this process of rewarding original research in the field. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at mpickard@theromefoundation.org.