Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
@ownyourcrohns.bsky.social
#IBD #DGBI #AIH Patient Thought Leader
CEO & Co-Founder of @southasianibd @ibdesis
Founder of OwnYourCrohns.com
CEO & Co-Founder of @southasianibd @ibdesis
Founder of OwnYourCrohns.com
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
It’s Gastro Gyan time 🥁🎉
In this episode of SAIA’s Gastro Gyan Series, Dr. Sanket Patel & Patient Advocate Aisha Memon discuss tips & tricks to make infusions & injections easy, accessible & acceptable for all patients 💥🙏🏽
Tune in: youtu.be/nHGfBREFSzQ?...
In this episode of SAIA’s Gastro Gyan Series, Dr. Sanket Patel & Patient Advocate Aisha Memon discuss tips & tricks to make infusions & injections easy, accessible & acceptable for all patients 💥🙏🏽
Tune in: youtu.be/nHGfBREFSzQ?...
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s Gastro Gyan time 🥁🎉
In this episode of SAIA’s Gastro Gyan Series, Dr. Sanket Patel & Patient Advocate Aisha Memon discuss tips & tricks to make infusions & injections easy, accessible & acceptable for all patients 💥🙏🏽
Tune in: youtu.be/nHGfBREFSzQ?...
In this episode of SAIA’s Gastro Gyan Series, Dr. Sanket Patel & Patient Advocate Aisha Memon discuss tips & tricks to make infusions & injections easy, accessible & acceptable for all patients 💥🙏🏽
Tune in: youtu.be/nHGfBREFSzQ?...
At #ACG2025, we announced @saia-gi.bsky.social expansion into #CultureAndGI as “Strategic Alliance for Intercultural Advocacy in GI,” something we’ve been doing, just now our name has caught up 💥
Thank you for the support as we usher in a new era! Special thank you to @amcollegegastro.bsky.social 🙏🏽
Thank you for the support as we usher in a new era! Special thank you to @amcollegegastro.bsky.social 🙏🏽
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
At #ACG2025, we announced @saia-gi.bsky.social expansion into #CultureAndGI as “Strategic Alliance for Intercultural Advocacy in GI,” something we’ve been doing, just now our name has caught up 💥
Thank you for the support as we usher in a new era! Special thank you to @amcollegegastro.bsky.social 🙏🏽
Thank you for the support as we usher in a new era! Special thank you to @amcollegegastro.bsky.social 🙏🏽
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
SAIA is expanding! 🥳
At ACG 2025, we announced a brand new SAIA! We’re grateful for our growth as South Asian IBD Alliance, but we are now...
✨️ Strategic Alliance for Intercultural Advocacy in GI ✨️
Still SAIA, but we're now encompassing "Culture & GI" to ensure inclusion for all. 🙏🏼
At ACG 2025, we announced a brand new SAIA! We’re grateful for our growth as South Asian IBD Alliance, but we are now...
✨️ Strategic Alliance for Intercultural Advocacy in GI ✨️
Still SAIA, but we're now encompassing "Culture & GI" to ensure inclusion for all. 🙏🏼
October 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
SAIA is expanding! 🥳
At ACG 2025, we announced a brand new SAIA! We’re grateful for our growth as South Asian IBD Alliance, but we are now...
✨️ Strategic Alliance for Intercultural Advocacy in GI ✨️
Still SAIA, but we're now encompassing "Culture & GI" to ensure inclusion for all. 🙏🏼
At ACG 2025, we announced a brand new SAIA! We’re grateful for our growth as South Asian IBD Alliance, but we are now...
✨️ Strategic Alliance for Intercultural Advocacy in GI ✨️
Still SAIA, but we're now encompassing "Culture & GI" to ensure inclusion for all. 🙏🏼
Honored to be speaking at Indo US Rare’s Summit on accessible & culturally inclusive #clinicaltrials
I plan to share @southasianibd.bsky.social & @amergastroassn.bsky.social’s critical work on inclusion of Asian MENA & Pacific Islander #IBD community
Join us: summit.indousrare.org/register-now
I plan to share @southasianibd.bsky.social & @amergastroassn.bsky.social’s critical work on inclusion of Asian MENA & Pacific Islander #IBD community
Join us: summit.indousrare.org/register-now
October 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Honored to be speaking at Indo US Rare’s Summit on accessible & culturally inclusive #clinicaltrials
I plan to share @southasianibd.bsky.social & @amergastroassn.bsky.social’s critical work on inclusion of Asian MENA & Pacific Islander #IBD community
Join us: summit.indousrare.org/register-now
I plan to share @southasianibd.bsky.social & @amergastroassn.bsky.social’s critical work on inclusion of Asian MENA & Pacific Islander #IBD community
Join us: summit.indousrare.org/register-now
Have you checked out J&J’s IBD Social Circle’s whitepaper on the need for community in #IBD? 😊
This is a powerful paper with staggering statistics on isolation, stigma and the need for multidisciplinary care for us IBD patients. Check it out: www.ibdsocialcircle.com/community-ib...
This is a powerful paper with staggering statistics on isolation, stigma and the need for multidisciplinary care for us IBD patients. Check it out: www.ibdsocialcircle.com/community-ib...
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Have you checked out J&J’s IBD Social Circle’s whitepaper on the need for community in #IBD? 😊
This is a powerful paper with staggering statistics on isolation, stigma and the need for multidisciplinary care for us IBD patients. Check it out: www.ibdsocialcircle.com/community-ib...
This is a powerful paper with staggering statistics on isolation, stigma and the need for multidisciplinary care for us IBD patients. Check it out: www.ibdsocialcircle.com/community-ib...
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
Happy World Ostomy Day!! We are so proud to partner with them on educational resources and partners to support and empower patients and their families & friends with IBD
This #WorldOstomyDay, @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social shares how it’s absolutely possible to wear a saree with confidence as an #ostomate!
We’re proud to collaborate with @coreibd.bsky.social on this important video. www.coreibd.org
To explore SAIA's resources visit: southasianibd.org/patient-educ...
We’re proud to collaborate with @coreibd.bsky.social on this important video. www.coreibd.org
To explore SAIA's resources visit: southasianibd.org/patient-educ...
October 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy World Ostomy Day!! We are so proud to partner with them on educational resources and partners to support and empower patients and their families & friends with IBD
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
This #WorldOstomyDay, @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social shares how it’s absolutely possible to wear a saree with confidence as an #ostomate!
We’re proud to collaborate with @coreibd.bsky.social on this important video. www.coreibd.org
To explore SAIA's resources visit: southasianibd.org/patient-educ...
We’re proud to collaborate with @coreibd.bsky.social on this important video. www.coreibd.org
To explore SAIA's resources visit: southasianibd.org/patient-educ...
October 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This #WorldOstomyDay, @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social shares how it’s absolutely possible to wear a saree with confidence as an #ostomate!
We’re proud to collaborate with @coreibd.bsky.social on this important video. www.coreibd.org
To explore SAIA's resources visit: southasianibd.org/patient-educ...
We’re proud to collaborate with @coreibd.bsky.social on this important video. www.coreibd.org
To explore SAIA's resources visit: southasianibd.org/patient-educ...
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
@ownyourcrohns.bsky.social giving a very passionate talk about cultural sensitive care and focus on psychosocial aspects in all GI disorders to @AmerGastroAssn leadership summit. Your advocacy makes a HUGE difference Tina!
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
@ownyourcrohns.bsky.social giving a very passionate talk about cultural sensitive care and focus on psychosocial aspects in all GI disorders to @AmerGastroAssn leadership summit. Your advocacy makes a HUGE difference Tina!
An honor to present at #PIBDRD25 on the epidemiology, phenotypes, clinical features & sex-based differences of #IBD in #SouthAsians 🙌🏽
This was my 1st time presenting on a wide scale as a RESEARCHER at an IBD conference. Thank you to @neeraguptamd.bsky.social for the kind invitation 🙏🏽
This was my 1st time presenting on a wide scale as a RESEARCHER at an IBD conference. Thank you to @neeraguptamd.bsky.social for the kind invitation 🙏🏽
April 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
An honor to present at #PIBDRD25 on the epidemiology, phenotypes, clinical features & sex-based differences of #IBD in #SouthAsians 🙌🏽
This was my 1st time presenting on a wide scale as a RESEARCHER at an IBD conference. Thank you to @neeraguptamd.bsky.social for the kind invitation 🙏🏽
This was my 1st time presenting on a wide scale as a RESEARCHER at an IBD conference. Thank you to @neeraguptamd.bsky.social for the kind invitation 🙏🏽
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
Will need time to dig in on this paper, but this looks like it could make pre-clinical intervention to prevent #IBD possible. @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social
www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...
www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...
Preclinical Protein Signatures of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: A Nested Case-Control Study Within Large Population-Based Cohorts
This study shows that a combination of proteins measured in blood can be used to predict
a future diagnosis of Crohn’s disease.
www.gastrojournal.org
April 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Will need time to dig in on this paper, but this looks like it could make pre-clinical intervention to prevent #IBD possible. @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social
www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...
www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
This @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social publication took our team & collaborators 3+ years in the making👏🏽
Congratulations to all the authors!
Congratulations to all the authors!
SAIA collaborated with researchers globally on important new research in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social, 'IBD in South Asia: A Scoping Review'
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This article comprehensively reviews #IBD to state that IBD in South Asia is NOT DISSIMILAR from North America & Europe.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This article comprehensively reviews #IBD to state that IBD in South Asia is NOT DISSIMILAR from North America & Europe.
February 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social publication took our team & collaborators 3+ years in the making👏🏽
Congratulations to all the authors!
Congratulations to all the authors!
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
SAIA collaborated with researchers globally on important new research in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social, 'IBD in South Asia: A Scoping Review'
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This article comprehensively reviews #IBD to state that IBD in South Asia is NOT DISSIMILAR from North America & Europe.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This article comprehensively reviews #IBD to state that IBD in South Asia is NOT DISSIMILAR from North America & Europe.
February 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
SAIA collaborated with researchers globally on important new research in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social, 'IBD in South Asia: A Scoping Review'
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This article comprehensively reviews #IBD to state that IBD in South Asia is NOT DISSIMILAR from North America & Europe.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This article comprehensively reviews #IBD to state that IBD in South Asia is NOT DISSIMILAR from North America & Europe.
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
Our scoping review on IBD in South Asia is published! It took us over 3 years to review the literature and write. We hope that this paper will provide clinical pearls and help advance the field. @dranuraagj.bsky.social @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social
The March issue of The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology is out now at www.thelancet.com/gastrohep!
Content includes: alcohol & cancer risk, colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, appendicitis, MASLD, viral hepatitis + more...
#MedSky #GastroSky #LiverSky #IDSky #HepSky
Content includes: alcohol & cancer risk, colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, appendicitis, MASLD, viral hepatitis + more...
#MedSky #GastroSky #LiverSky #IDSky #HepSky
February 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Our scoping review on IBD in South Asia is published! It took us over 3 years to review the literature and write. We hope that this paper will provide clinical pearls and help advance the field. @dranuraagj.bsky.social @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
We’re honoured to have tabled & presented at GAPIO’s 15th Annual Meeting in Mysuru, India 🇮🇳
Thrilled to have Madhura, Tanya, Tina represent SAIA & Tina speak about ‘GI Surgery: Comprehensive Care for IBD’ discussing #biologics & #ostomy #jpouch surgeries & the growing need for #IBD care in India.
Thrilled to have Madhura, Tanya, Tina represent SAIA & Tina speak about ‘GI Surgery: Comprehensive Care for IBD’ discussing #biologics & #ostomy #jpouch surgeries & the growing need for #IBD care in India.
January 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We’re honoured to have tabled & presented at GAPIO’s 15th Annual Meeting in Mysuru, India 🇮🇳
Thrilled to have Madhura, Tanya, Tina represent SAIA & Tina speak about ‘GI Surgery: Comprehensive Care for IBD’ discussing #biologics & #ostomy #jpouch surgeries & the growing need for #IBD care in India.
Thrilled to have Madhura, Tanya, Tina represent SAIA & Tina speak about ‘GI Surgery: Comprehensive Care for IBD’ discussing #biologics & #ostomy #jpouch surgeries & the growing need for #IBD care in India.
So excited to have attended GAPIO’s conference recently in Mysore, India, and have contributed the patient perspective on GI Surgery and what patients need in terms of care. Looking forward to a future of patient centricity in chronic disease management across the globe! 🌏
We’re honoured to have tabled & presented at GAPIO’s 15th Annual Meeting in Mysuru, India 🇮🇳
Thrilled to have Madhura, Tanya, Tina represent SAIA & Tina speak about ‘GI Surgery: Comprehensive Care for IBD’ discussing #biologics & #ostomy #jpouch surgeries & the growing need for #IBD care in India.
Thrilled to have Madhura, Tanya, Tina represent SAIA & Tina speak about ‘GI Surgery: Comprehensive Care for IBD’ discussing #biologics & #ostomy #jpouch surgeries & the growing need for #IBD care in India.
January 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So excited to have attended GAPIO’s conference recently in Mysore, India, and have contributed the patient perspective on GI Surgery and what patients need in terms of care. Looking forward to a future of patient centricity in chronic disease management across the globe! 🌏
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
Proud to have @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social involved in a @amergastroassn.bsky.social consortium on #Crohns #perianalfistula with esteemed faculty Dr David Schwartz, Dr Amy Lightner, among others.
Read their best practices for #CPF management in Gastroenterology: www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...
Read their best practices for #CPF management in Gastroenterology: www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...
January 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Proud to have @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social involved in a @amergastroassn.bsky.social consortium on #Crohns #perianalfistula with esteemed faculty Dr David Schwartz, Dr Amy Lightner, among others.
Read their best practices for #CPF management in Gastroenterology: www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...
Read their best practices for #CPF management in Gastroenterology: www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
FDA approves mirikizumab for moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
#GastroSky #MedSky #IDSky
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
#GastroSky #MedSky #IDSky
FDA approves Lilly's Omvoh® (mirikizumab-mrkz) for Crohn's disease, expanding its use to the second major type of inflammatory bowel disease
/PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Omvoh® (mirikizumab-mrkz) for...
www.prnewswire.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
FDA approves mirikizumab for moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
#GastroSky #MedSky #IDSky
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
#GastroSky #MedSky #IDSky
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
SAIA is a proud partner of @ScrubsNHeels Leadership Summit 2025! Join us April 4-6 for an amazing #WomenInGI conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, with inspiring speakers, workshops, & networking! 💃🏽🎉
Register today: scrubsandheels.com/leadership-s...
Register today: scrubsandheels.com/leadership-s...
January 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
SAIA is a proud partner of @ScrubsNHeels Leadership Summit 2025! Join us April 4-6 for an amazing #WomenInGI conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, with inspiring speakers, workshops, & networking! 💃🏽🎉
Register today: scrubsandheels.com/leadership-s...
Register today: scrubsandheels.com/leadership-s...
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
Great post by @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social & Natalie, making key findings from #AIBD2024 accessible to patients across the world!
Learn more ⬇️
Learn more ⬇️
We are so proud of the work Tina(@ownyourcrohns.bsky.social) and Natalie are doing to make IBD conference content comprehensible for patients 🙌🏽🙌🏽
In this well-written article, learn more about the key themes from #AIBD2024: ownyourcrohns.com/key-takeaway...
In this well-written article, learn more about the key themes from #AIBD2024: ownyourcrohns.com/key-takeaway...
January 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Great post by @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social & Natalie, making key findings from #AIBD2024 accessible to patients across the world!
Learn more ⬇️
Learn more ⬇️
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
We are so proud of the work Tina(@ownyourcrohns.bsky.social) and Natalie are doing to make IBD conference content comprehensible for patients 🙌🏽🙌🏽
In this well-written article, learn more about the key themes from #AIBD2024: ownyourcrohns.com/key-takeaway...
In this well-written article, learn more about the key themes from #AIBD2024: ownyourcrohns.com/key-takeaway...
January 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are so proud of the work Tina(@ownyourcrohns.bsky.social) and Natalie are doing to make IBD conference content comprehensible for patients 🙌🏽🙌🏽
In this well-written article, learn more about the key themes from #AIBD2024: ownyourcrohns.com/key-takeaway...
In this well-written article, learn more about the key themes from #AIBD2024: ownyourcrohns.com/key-takeaway...
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
SAIA is a proud partner of #CCCongress25, a Crohn's & Colitis Foundation & @amergastroassn.bsky.social conference being held in San Francisco on Feb 6-8.
Join us to learn about the latest scientific breakthroughs & treatment strategies revolutionizing #IBD care.
Register: crohnscolitiscongress.org
Join us to learn about the latest scientific breakthroughs & treatment strategies revolutionizing #IBD care.
Register: crohnscolitiscongress.org
January 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
SAIA is a proud partner of #CCCongress25, a Crohn's & Colitis Foundation & @amergastroassn.bsky.social conference being held in San Francisco on Feb 6-8.
Join us to learn about the latest scientific breakthroughs & treatment strategies revolutionizing #IBD care.
Register: crohnscolitiscongress.org
Join us to learn about the latest scientific breakthroughs & treatment strategies revolutionizing #IBD care.
Register: crohnscolitiscongress.org
Walking into 2025 like… 💃🏽
Having been diagnosed 19 years ago with #IBD, I never realized how much the condition would change my life. I’m grateful to be owning my Crohn’s everyday helping run @southasianibd.bsky.social @ibdesis.bsky.social w/ brilliant patients & doctors 🧿🙏🏽
Having been diagnosed 19 years ago with #IBD, I never realized how much the condition would change my life. I’m grateful to be owning my Crohn’s everyday helping run @southasianibd.bsky.social @ibdesis.bsky.social w/ brilliant patients & doctors 🧿🙏🏽
January 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Walking into 2025 like… 💃🏽
Having been diagnosed 19 years ago with #IBD, I never realized how much the condition would change my life. I’m grateful to be owning my Crohn’s everyday helping run @southasianibd.bsky.social @ibdesis.bsky.social w/ brilliant patients & doctors 🧿🙏🏽
Having been diagnosed 19 years ago with #IBD, I never realized how much the condition would change my life. I’m grateful to be owning my Crohn’s everyday helping run @southasianibd.bsky.social @ibdesis.bsky.social w/ brilliant patients & doctors 🧿🙏🏽
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
#PIBDRD25 Day 1, Session 2 (April 10, 2025) at
@childrensnational.bsky.social in Washington DC‼️
#SexDifferences #SexInScience #IBD #EoE #EosinophilicEsophagitis #Growth #Food #Nutrition #Immunometabolism
@childrensnational.bsky.social in Washington DC‼️
#SexDifferences #SexInScience #IBD #EoE #EosinophilicEsophagitis #Growth #Food #Nutrition #Immunometabolism
December 31, 2024 at 8:26 PM
#PIBDRD25 Day 1, Session 2 (April 10, 2025) at
@childrensnational.bsky.social in Washington DC‼️
#SexDifferences #SexInScience #IBD #EoE #EosinophilicEsophagitis #Growth #Food #Nutrition #Immunometabolism
@childrensnational.bsky.social in Washington DC‼️
#SexDifferences #SexInScience #IBD #EoE #EosinophilicEsophagitis #Growth #Food #Nutrition #Immunometabolism
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
#PIBDRD25 Day 1, Session 3 (April 10, 2025) at
@childrensnational.bsky.social in Washington DC‼️
#Endoscopy #Growth #Rheumatology #IBD #SouthAsian #SexDifferences #SexInScience
@childrensnational.bsky.social in Washington DC‼️
#Endoscopy #Growth #Rheumatology #IBD #SouthAsian #SexDifferences #SexInScience
December 31, 2024 at 8:28 PM
#PIBDRD25 Day 1, Session 3 (April 10, 2025) at
@childrensnational.bsky.social in Washington DC‼️
#Endoscopy #Growth #Rheumatology #IBD #SouthAsian #SexDifferences #SexInScience
@childrensnational.bsky.social in Washington DC‼️
#Endoscopy #Growth #Rheumatology #IBD #SouthAsian #SexDifferences #SexInScience
Reposted by Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
Check out this 🧵for the complete agenda (2 days, 7 sessions) for the 9th Pediatric IBD Research Days (PIBDRD) Meeting at @childrensnational.bsky.social in #WashingtonDC on April 10 & 11, 2025‼️
Registration information is coming soon‼️
#PIBDRD25 #GrowthStudy #SexInScience #SexDifferences #IBD
Registration information is coming soon‼️
#PIBDRD25 #GrowthStudy #SexInScience #SexDifferences #IBD
December 31, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Check out this 🧵for the complete agenda (2 days, 7 sessions) for the 9th Pediatric IBD Research Days (PIBDRD) Meeting at @childrensnational.bsky.social in #WashingtonDC on April 10 & 11, 2025‼️
Registration information is coming soon‼️
#PIBDRD25 #GrowthStudy #SexInScience #SexDifferences #IBD
Registration information is coming soon‼️
#PIBDRD25 #GrowthStudy #SexInScience #SexDifferences #IBD