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Falk Foundation – Knowledge drives everything
Falk Foundation provides a platform for experts in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology to meet and communicate with one another. Its wide range of events provide continuing medical education to professionals. Written resources and other media are also available to provide clinicians, students, and researchers with up-to-date and comprehensive information on diseases, diagnostic procedures, and treatments.
Our topics
Our topic-specific pages offer an overview of the latest contents from our range of events, literature, scientific news and videos:
Latest news
Adolf Windaus Award Winner 2026: Catherine Williamson on Research, Impact and Future Challenges
Following her receipt of the Adolf Windaus Award, Professor Catherine Williamson spoke with the Falk Foundation about her scientific journey, the milestones that transformed the management of intrahepatic cholestasis in pregnancy, and the research questions that continue to shape her work today.
Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease, IBD and More: Insights from the Editors of FGR Journal
FGR Journal 4/2026 features 69 publications from leading international medical journals. To help readers navigate the latest research, scientific editors Prof. Dr. Peter Hasselblatt and Prof. Dr. Tobias Böttler highlight notable studies and current developments in gastroenterology and hepatology.
Read the full interview
One Expert – One Minute Episode 11: Monitoring in IBD
Prof. Ana Gutiérrez-Casbas (Alicante, Spain) explores the topic of Monitoring in IBD, highlighting the importance of a multimodal approach to disease monitoring and long-term patient management.
Watch Episode 11, recorded at the Falk Foundation Symposium 243 “Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Neoplasia” in Warsaw.
Symposia and online live events educational opportunities
The Falk Foundation events provide a forum for experts in the field of digestive and metabolic medicine to share their expertise. These continuing education events are held at the regional and international levels as webinars or as hybrids of in-person and online interactions.
You can find the following information about the past symposia in Berlin in 2025, Freiburg in 2026 and Warsaw in 2026: Highlights, poster award ceremony, videos...
Video
Berlin 2025 – Looking back
Symposium 242: Advances in Hepatology - from Mechanistic Insights to Novel Therapeutic Concepts
October 24 – 25, 2025 in Berlin, Germany
Scientific Organization:
Prof. Dr. Stefan Fichtner-Feigl, Freiburg (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Tom Hemming Karlsen, Oslo (Norway)
Dr. Sophie Lotersztajn, Paris (France)
Prof. Dr. Frank Tacke, Berlin (Germany)
©Falk Foundation e.V., Freiburg. All rights reserved.
Looking back on Freiburg 2026
Symposium: Next Gen Liver Immunology: Bridging Basic Science and Clinical Practice
February 5-6, 2026, Freiburg, Germany
Scientific Organization:
Prof. Dr. Robert Thimme, Freiburg (Germany)
©Falk Foundation e.V., Freiburg. All rights reserved.
