Reid, Brian

The goal of Dr. Reid's work on Barrett's esophagus is to understand the mechanisms by which environmental exposures (i.e. chronic reflux ; aspirin or other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents) affect the evolution of clones that leading to the development of esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with Barrett's esophagus. This understanding can then be used to develop interventions to prevent progression to cancer or to detect the cancers and premalignant abnormalities when they are early and curable.