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Our latest publication highlights the importance of patient-centered care and shared decision-making when it comes to children with . Findings include that parents worry most about long-term risks & side effects of treatments and teens care more about feeling better now and daily quality of life. Read the full article here:

Child and parent perspectives in IBD management: a literature review and qualitative study AbstractBackground. The therapeutic landscape and treatment goals for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) continue to evolve. However, there remains

Our latest research publication explores how with , their caregivers & clinicians make treatment decisions—especially around advanced therapies:

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Our latest paper explores how people with IBS navigate, adopt, and use digital health technologies for self-management. Led by IMAGINE researchers Adrijana D’Silva, Nicolle Hua, and Dr. Deborah Marshall, this focus group study highlights what truly matters to patients when engaging with digital health tools.
Read it here: https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2026/1/e75012

Navigation, Adoption, and Use of Digital Health Technologies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Self-Management: Focus Group Study of Patient Experience and Decision-Making Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common chronic gastrointestinal disorder that impairs bowel functions and patients’ overall quality of life. IBS-focused digital health technologies (DHTs), including online health resources and mobile health (mHealth) apps, have recently proliferate...

📢 New Publication Alert! 🎉
We’re excited to share our latest publication “Patient-reported Symptoms Are Independent of Extent of Disease in Longstanding Ulcerative Colitis: MAGIC in IMAGINE.” 🔗 Read the abstract here: https://journals.lww.com/jcge/abstract/9900/patient_reported_symptoms_are_independent_of.593.aspx

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Inflammatory bowel disease affects more than 300,000 Canadians and millions worldwide. IMAGINE researcher, Dr. Charles Bernstein, distinguished professor of internal medicine at the University of Manitoba’s Max Rady College of Medicine, led the first global study on health-care spending for IBD, revealing critical gaps in diagnosis, treatment and access to care: https://bit.ly/3XScGMK

The findings were recently published in Gastroenterology: https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(25)05902-5/abstract