Katherine Garman

Katherine Garman, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, specializing in Gastroenterology within the Department of Medicine. Her research bridges clinical and translational approaches to study gastrointestinal tract injury, repair, and carcinogenesis.

Research Focus

• Development of porcine models for esophageal injury/repair
• 3D culture techniques for esophageal submucosal glands
• Mechanisms of repair, metaplasia, and neoplasia in upper GI tract
• Collaborative P01 grant on esophageal cancer interception with Case Western
• P20 project on H. pylori-associated gastric cancer disparities

Scientific Contributions

• Published extensively on Barrett's esophagus pathogenesis and gastric cancer
• Key work in epigenetics of IBD and TNF response
• Active in cancer interception strategies and molecular biomarker development
• Recipient of the CGIBD Pilot Feasibility Award (2013)

Her work appears in journals like Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol, Gastroenterology, and Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, with recent 2024 publications on model limitations and IBD epigenetics.