Dr. Maria T. Abreu is the Director of the Crohn’s and Colitis Center, Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She has been Chair of the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD). She is President-elect of the AGA on the path to becoming President. She is a recipient of the 2019 Sherman Prize that recognizes outstanding achievements in IBD. Her laboratory investigates the role of innate immunity, diet, and the microbiome in IBD and factors driving risk of IBD in Hispanic patients.