The truth is, I'd forgotten the name or acronym for this project, and was thrown a bit for a second, then figured out from the context what it must be, and read the article.
I’d never even heard of the project- so didn’t know that it was GERD for short- reading the headline it didn’t sink in- still thought it meant Gastro - then reading the article it became clear- I’m thinkin ‘what does this have to do with reflux?’ I didn’t even catch it at first in the first sentence- lol, then it dawned on me- Doh!