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Tessa Andermann

Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases

"Secondary bile acid derivatives in Th17-mediated disease: Gut microbes mediate myeloma progression and treatment response"

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Edward L. Barnes, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Comparing the Utilization and Effectiveness of Treatment Strategies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease among Patients of Different Races with Medicaid Insurance”

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Aadra Bhatt, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Targeting a Gut Bacterial Enzyme to Alleviate NSAID-induced Enteropathy"

Alfredo Blakeley-Ruiz, PhD

Alfredo Blakeley-Ruiz, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Plant and Microbiology, NCSU

"Investigating the immune repercussions of changes in gut microbiome function due to dietary protein"

Richard C. Boucher, MD

Richard C. Boucher, MD

Director, Marsico Lung Institute/ UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center
James C. Moeser Eminent Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR

Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR

Clinical Instructor of Medicine and Advanced IBD Fellow, Department of Pediatrics

"Improving Reproductive Health for Young Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease"

Joseph Burclaff, PhD

Joseph Burclaff, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease

"Investigating metabolic regulation of human intestinal stem cell activity"

John B. Buse, MD, PhD

John B. Buse, MD, PhD

Chief, Division of Endocrinology
Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor
Director, Diabetes Center
Director, NC Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute

Michael Cowley

Michael Cowley, PhD

Assistant Professor, NC State University

"Epigenetic dysregulation of Zac1 and activation of the Imprinted Gene Network in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease"

Nathan Crook, PhD

Nathan Crook, PhD

Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

"In situ diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease using G-protein coupled receptors expressed in probiotic yeast."

Michael Daniele, PhD

Michael Daniele, PhD

Assistant Professor, NC State University

"Ischemia/Reperfusion-on-Chip: Developing a dynamic system to model ischemia-reperfusion injury with human epithelium and microsensors"

Lawrence David

Lawrence David, PhD

Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University

“Personalizing prebiotic treatments that manipulate human gut microbiota”

Matthew Egberg

Matthew Egberg, MD, MPH, MMSc

Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Investigation of the Safety and Effectiveness of Anti-TNF-α in the Treatment of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease”

Swathi Eluri

Swathi Eluri, MD, MSCR

Gastroenterology Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at ChapeL Hill

“Characterization of Dysphagia and Esophageal Dysmotility in Patients on Chronic Opioids”

Craig A. Fletcher, DVM, PhD

Craig A. Fletcher, DVM, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair of Comparative Medicine
Associate Vice Chancellor of Research
Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine

Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD

Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

"Identification of diagnostic and predictive biomarkers for necrotizing enterocolitis"

adam gracz

Adam Gracz, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Transcriptomic characterization of endogenous and organoid-derived hepatocytes”

adam gracz

Adam Gracz, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Damage-induced activation of hybrid hepatocytes"

Simon Gray, MD, PhD

Simon Gray, MD, PhD

Advanced IBD Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

"Environmental triggers and mechanisms of IBD relapse in mouse-adapted human IBD microbiome driven experimental colitis"

Shuo Han, PhD

Shuo Han, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Duke University

"Regulation of host aging and physiology by the human gut microbiota"

Gail Hecht, MD

Gail Hecht, MD

Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology
Chief, Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Loyola University Chicago

Leslie Hicks, PhD

Leslie Hicks, PhD

Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Molecular drivers of AIEC phenotypes"

Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD

Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology

"Developing live tick infestation mouse models of alpha-gal syndrome to understand allergic immune responses to dietary alpha-gal."

Younggeon Jin, DVM, PhD

Younggeon Jin, DVM, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Equine Surgery, North Carolina State University

“Role of chloride channel ClC-2 in intestinal homeostasis”

Toby Kaeser

Tobias Kaeser, PhD

Assistant Professor, NC State University

"Determine the role of T-helper 2 cells in the induction of eosinophilic food allergies in pigs"

Arion Kennedy, PhD

Arion Kennedy, PhD

Assistant Professor, NC State University

"Identification of Neoantigens in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease"

Manuel Kleiner, PhD

Manuel Kleiner, PhD

Assistant Professor, NC State University

"The fate of dietary protein from different sources and its impact on the intestinal microbiota"

Sarah Lieber, MD, MSCR

Sarah Lieber, MD, MSCR

Gastroenterology Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"LiveRight: Improving Immunosuppressant Adherence and Liver Transplant Outcomes Using Patient-Centered Smartphone Technology – A Pilot Study"

Kendall Lough, PhD

Kendall Lough, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

"Defining the origins of gut-brain communication"

Heather McCauley, PhD

Heather McCauley, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology

"Enteroendocrine cells regulate intestinal signaling pathways via stromal cells"

Kathryn Meurs, DVM, PhD

Kathryn Meurs, DVM, PhD

Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

NC State, College of Veterinary Medicine

Justin Milner, PhD

Justin Milner, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Epigenetic regulation of intestinal CD8 T cell differentiation during infection."

Ichiro Misumi, PhD

Ichiro Misumi, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Sex-related differences in hepatitis A pathogenesis."

Andrew Moon, MD, MPH

Andrew Moon, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Assessing Health Care Utilization After Locoregional Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma"

Andrew J. Muir, MD, MHS

Andrew J. Muir, MD, MHS

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology in the Department of Medicine
Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute

Juliane Nguyen, PhD

Juliane Nguyen, PhD

Associate Professor, Eshelman School of Pharmacy

"Engineering Probiotic Yeast for Targeted Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis"

Daniel Reker, PhD

Daniel Reker, PhD

Assistant Professor, Duke University

"Predicting the effects of microbial metabolites on NOD-like receptors"

Adam Rosenthal, PhD

Adam Rosenthal, PhD

Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

"Characterizing E. coli phenotypic heterogeneity during chronic intestinal inflammation"

Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD

Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Establishing and Functional Testing Patient Derived Colonoids – A Pathway to Personalized Therapy in Crohn’s Disease"

Natasha Snider

Natasha T. Snider, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“CD73 is a multi-functional protein that regulates liver injury”

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Erin Steinbach, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Investigating the Intestinal Epithelial Cell Barrier in Peanut Allergy Pathogenesis"

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Neeraj Surana, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Duke University

"Exploring the protective effect of Clostridium immunis in colitis"

Casey Theriot

Casey Theriot, PhD

Assistant Professor in Infectious Disease, Department of Population Health & Pathobiology, North Carolina State University

“Rational alteration of gut bile acids with targeted bacterial therapy to combat Clostridium difficile infection”

Laurianne Van Landeghem, PhD

Laurianne Van Landeghem, PhD

Assistant Professor, NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences

"Enteric glial cells impact colon cancer stem cell chemoresistance”

Jeremy Wang, PhD

Jeremy Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Full-length rRNA sequencing with molecular barcoding to characterize mucosa-adherent bacteria contributing to colitis"

Jia Wen, PhD

Jia Wen, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University

"Deciphering host-microbiota regulation of apical and basolateral absorption of lipid in enterocytes"

Scott Williams

Scott E. Williams, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Identification of stem cell niches and quiescence signatures in the upper gastrointestinal tract”

Ian Williamson, PhD

Ian Williamson, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Duke University

"Developing organoid-based platforms to measure enteric metabolic reprograming"

Gary D Wu, MD

Gary D Wu, MD

Associate Director of the Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Disease

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Amanda Ziegler

Amanda Ziegler, DVM, PhD

Postdoctoral Trainee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC State University

"Postnatal Development of Intestinal Barrier Repair Mechanisms"