A Virtual Run/Walk to Benefit ACG Summer Scholars and Celebrate Diversity!
Be part of the 2025 #DiversityinGI Virtual 5K! The College invites ACG members to register and get outside, run or walk, and share their enthusiasm on social media using #DiversityinGI to celebrate diversity, inclusion, and community in GI and medicine in the weeks leading up to and during the ACG 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting.
Registration includes a performance tee, medal, downloadable “race” bib, and a place to log your time and miles.
Benefiting ACG’s Summer Scholars Program
The College gratefully acknowledges Ironwood Pharmaceuticals for returning as a sponsor for the sixth year! This sponsorship benefits the ACG Summer Scholars mentorship program, an 8- to 10-week clinical research experience for U.S. medical students from groups underrepresented in medicine. Students are paired with research mentors who share similar clinical research interests in GI and hepatology.
Every year since this event was established in 2020, Ironwood has consistently championed diversity in GI with support for the virtual 5K and engagement by its staff. Ironwood is a respected partner in advancing clinical excellence and patient care. Thank you to our current and former sponsors for supporting the program’s mission and promoting #DiversityinGI!
Calling All Early Birds! Fun Runs at ACG 2025 in Phoenix
There will be four #DiversityinGI “fun runs” in Phoenix during ACG 2025!
- Saturday, October 25 at 6:45 am PT
- Sunday, October 26 at 6:45 am PT
- Monday, October 27 at 6:45 am PT
- Tuesday, October 28 at 6:45 am PT
Social Media & Photos Celebrating Diversity
Over the years, the enthusiasm and commitment of so many ACG members for the #DiversityinGI virtual 5K has been inspiring. The race is a compelling way to rally ACG’s members, their families, staff, and GI fellows-in-training for healthy activity, community building, and positive social media engagement.
About the #DiversityinGI Social Media Campaign
Diversity and inclusion in gastroenterology and medicine are the focus of ACG’s social media campaign launched in April 2019 by the ACG Public Relations Committee in collaboration with the ACG Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion under the leadership of Sophie M. Balzora, MD, FACG and Darrell M. Gray, II, MD, MPH, FACG, who were the respective committee chairs at the time.
The campaign aims to increase visibility of and promote diversity and inclusion within gastroenterology through the #DiversityinGI hashtag. The primary goals of the campaign are to motivate students and postgraduate trainees who aspire to a career in the GI field and enrich the pipeline of trainees and providers from underrepresented populations.