Dr. Cathy Lu is an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. She completed an IBD fellowship at the University of Alberta and Calgary with specialization in intestinal ultrasound. She is an executive board member of the STAR (Stenosis, Therapy, and Anti-Fibrotic Research) Consortium and leads the development of the ultrasound index for Crohn’s disease strictures. She has served on the scientific committee for IBUS and CAG. Dr. Lu currently co-chairs the scientific committee of iUS-CAN, the United States and Canada consortium for IUS. Her primary research interests are in fibrostenotic Crohn’s disease, intestinal ultrasound, and translational research.