In 2019, IBDCoach was merely an idea.
It was nebulous at first, but as the weeks and months passed, we knew this could become something unlike anything else. It came from our understanding that human health is foundational to life. Nothing matters without it.
Over the past several decades, we have watched the incidence of IBD skyrocket worldwide. Healthcare systems are struggling to keep up. IBD patients require more than the “standard of care,” and while frontline interventions like biological therapeutics and surgery offer life-saving options for many individuals, they are just one part of promoting long and sustained states of health and disease remission.
We’ve experienced this first-hand: almost every member of the IBDCoach team is an IBDer that has been on a unique journey to achieve remission from this mystrious, chronic condition. Before IBDCoach, what we were doing simply wasn’t enough. Something else needed to be done.
We created IBDCoach with the vision that the power resides within the IBD patient, and this individual has the profound ability to recapture their health through a science-based, strategic, and rational process of self-discovery, behavior change, and the cultivation of an environment conducive to healing. IBDCoach has changed the trajectory of IBD care as we know it:
– We assembled a team of compassionate IBDers and IBD experts
– We developed a system to tackle all three mechanisms of IBD
– We identified the Five Foundations that are central to healing from IBD
– We created the most comprehensive IBD ecosystem that has ever existed
– We fostered a community that will provide every member support for life
And our journey is only just beginning. We are on a mission to ensure that no IBDer falls through the cracks of the healthcare system. No IBDer should have to go at this journey alone.
Are you ready to take back your health from IBD?
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Andrew is a Crohn’s disease warrior and an award-winning neuroscientist, educator, and published author dedicated to helping others overcome IBD with our unique model of experiential education and self-discovery.
Andrew grew up exploring beautiful Northern California, but at age 16 developed a serious case of Crohn’s Disease. After a process of extensive trial and error, Andrew developed a tailored and evidence-based protocol that allowed him to achieve robust, lasting clinical remission from his IBD. Andrew holds dual degrees in Neuroscience and Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and he is an award-winning educator, organizer, and published author. Andrew founded IBDCoach so others with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis could benefit from the strategic lessons and research he has conducted in his personal pursuit of health.
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Amy is a compassionate educator and technological mastermind empowering IBDers and their loved ones with the resources to understand their bodies and live happy and healthy lives.
A Northern California native, Amy holds a B.A. in Biological Anthropology and an M.A. in Education from the University of California, Berkeley. From the classroom to working behind-the-scenes at a Silicon Valley health start-up, Amy is a dynamically skilled educator dedicated to empowering people around to world to live their best lives and overcome the bounds of living with a chronic condition. As an IBD caretaker, Amy is intimately familiar with the intricacies of navigating healthcare and life when living with and supporting someone with a chronic condition, fueling IBDCoach’s one-of-a-kind support network for loved ones of people with IBD.
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Shae is a published Behavioral Neuroscientist, researcher, and current MS in Nutrition and Dietetics student dedicated to redefining IBD healthcare through evidence-based, patient-driven interventions.
Shae holds a BS in Behavioral Neuroscience from Northeastern University and is pursuing an MS in Nutrition and Dietetics with years of experience as an educator and in studying the connection between factors like diet, the microbiome, drugs, and behavior. Dedicated to helping empower IBDers to achieve remission through experiential, science-based education, Shae is developing version two of the IBDCoach curriculum alongside our team of IBD experts. On top of that, Shae is spearheading the research team at IBDCoach, investigating the efficacy of our novel framework to drive novel innovations in IBD treatment strategies around the world.
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Lucy Mailing, Ph.D. is a microbiome researcher, science educator, and passionate scholar of integrative, evidence-based gut health.
Lucy received her bachelor’s degree in Biology from Kalamazoo College and her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Illinois where she was involved in several seminal studies that helped elucidate the effects of diet and exercise on the gut microbiota in states of health and disease. An award-winning researcher, Lucy has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and is regularly invited to speak at national and international conferences related to nutrition, the microbiome, and integrative health.
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Ali Arjomand, Ph.D. is an IBD nutrition scientist, entrepreneur and mission-driven business executive changing lives through translational science.
Ali received his Ph.D. in Nutrition and B.S. in Genetics from the University of California, Davis. As a Crohn’s disease patient for 20 years, Ali cycled through numerous medications until he decided to take complete ownership of his disease. He applied his scientific training in nutrition to successfully achieve remarkable, medication-free and long-lasting remission. Ali’s career path included scientific, strategic and executive leadership roles at innovative, vision-driven organizations, including working directly with Bill Gates on global health, nutrition, agriculture and infectious disease challenges. Ali designed and conducted over 50 Phase 1 clinical studies for FDA review in partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and led an NIH-funded clinical study in glioblastoma patients.
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