Vipul Jairath

Biography

Dr. Jairath completed his specialist clinical training in Gastroenterology and IBD in London and Oxford, UK. Prior to moving to Western, he was a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Oxford University hospitals and a National Institute for Health Research Clinical Trials Fellow at the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit/Center for Statistics in Medicine. Dr. Jairath is Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University. His research interests are in the design, conduct and implementation of randomized controlled trials and clinical trial methodology. At Robarts his research focuses on trial design, endpoint development and validation as well as larger scale effectiveness research and strategy trials. He oversees the academic research and development program and the Robarts IBD clinical research fellowship. He holds professional memberships with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Royal College of Physicians (UK), British Society of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterology Association and Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. He was past scientific officer of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization clinical trials committee (ClinCom) and is vice-president of the newly formed Canadian IBD Consortium. He is a practising gastroenterologist and his IBD clinic is based at University hospital, London, Ontario.  

Research Interest

 Gastro enterology