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Jatin Roper

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Gastroenterology
DUMC 103862, Durham, NC 27710
905 S. LaSalle Street, GSRB-1, Room 1033, Durham, NC 27710

Awards & Honors


Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT Image Award

Department Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT · 2018 More about this award

Vector Laboratories Photo Contest Winner

Other Vector Laboratories · 2017 More about this award

1st Place, basic research, Massachusetts Medical Society Research Poster Symposium

Scholarly Society Massachusetts Medical Society · 2016

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT Image Award

School Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT · 2016 More about this award

Digestive Disease Week Basic Science Travel Award

Scholarly Society American Gastroenterological Association · 2016

V Scholar Award

Scholarly Society V Foundation for Cancer Research · 2013

Investing in the Future: Clinical Research in IBD Award

Scholarly Society American Gastroenterological Association · 2011

ACG Travel Award for Outstanding Clinical Research Presentation

Scholarly Society American College of Gastroenterology · 2011

2nd place for Outstanding Poster

Department Tufts Medical Center Cancer Center · 2010

Michael Saperstein Medical Scholar

Department NYU Langone Medical Center Department of Medicine · 2006

Alumni Association Award

School Boston University School of Medicine · May 2004

Magna Cum laude

School Boston University · May 2001

David E. Rogers Fellowship

Scholarly Society New York Academy of Medicine · 2001

In the News


Published December 8, 2020
Three I&E Incubation Awards Fund Novel Ideas to Solar Energy, IBD & Medical Laser Research
Published June 9, 2017
Tailored Mouse Models
Published May 2, 2017
New MIT Mouse Model Using CRISPR Technology Could Speed Up Colon Cancer Research
Published May 1, 2017
New model could speed up colon cancer research
Published April 30, 2017
Gut Organoid Transplants Produce Colorectal Cancer in Mice
Published May 5, 2016
You are what you eat: linking high-fat diet to stem cell dysfunction and tumorigenesis
Published April 19, 2016
Deregulated Intestinal Stem and Progenitor Cells - Linking Obesity to Cancer
Published March 10, 2016
High-fat Diets Direct Certain Intestinal Cells Toward Tumor Formation in Mice
Published March 8, 2016
Fatty diet alters stem cells
Published March 5, 2016
Colon Cancer Risk Linked To High-Fat Diet: How Eating More Fat Can Increase Intestinal Tumors
Published March 2, 2016
Dietary fat promotes intestinal dysregulation
Published March 2, 2016
High-fat diets enhance the tumour-generating capacity of intestinal progenitor cell