Bethesda, MD (June 1, 2023) – Today, Barbara H. Jung, MD, AGAF, will begin her term as the 118th president of the AGA Institute. She currently serves as the first woman Robert G. Petersdorf professor and chair of internal medicine at the University of Washington and is the fourth woman president to lead AGA.
Dr. Jung is an international expert in the field of TGF-beta superfamily signaling in colon cancer and has made significant contributions at AGA prior to becoming president, most recently as a member of the finance and operations committee, chair-elect of audit committee and vice chair of the AGA Research Foundation.