Name: “TBD” With Corey Ketchem, MD
Start: 2026-03-04T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-04T17:00:00-05:00

January 2026
January 20 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

“The programmable microbiome: engineering diet and probiotics to enhance gut resilience” With Ophelia Venturelli, PhD

Marsico Hall 2004

Dr. Ophelia Venturelli is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. The Venturelli lab aims to understand and engineer microbiomes and host-microbiome interactions for applications spanning human health, built environment and agriculture. Specifically, we combine high-throughput experiments, synthetic biology, computational modeling and multi-objective optimization to discover control knobs in the microbiome and design … Read more
January 21 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

“Getting SMART about Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis: Developing Personalized Adaptive Treatment Strategies to Lower the Colectomy Rate” With Jeff Berinstein, MD, MSc
January 27 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

“Gut E. coli–Derived Metabolites Drive Macrophage–Fibroblast Crosstalk to Promote Intestinal Fibrosis in Crohn’s Disease” With Ju-Hyun Ahn, PhD

Dr. Ahn is a postdoctoral fellow in the Arthur Lab in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research investigates how intestinal microbes and their metabolites influence host signaling networks that drive chronic inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, fibrosis, and microbe-associated tumorigenesis. Her work focuses … Read more
January 28 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Clinical Note Data Extraction with Large Language Models” With Josh Fuchs, PhD
February 2026
February 4 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

“Works in Progress” With Trevor Barlowe, MD
February 11 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

“TBD” With Joy Chang, MD, MS
February 18 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

“TBD” With Prashant Singh, MD
February 24 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

“Adaptation of the beneficial commensal microbe Akkermansia muciniphila to gastrointestinal mucins and its effects on host physiology” With Raphael H. Valdivia

Marsico Hall 2004

Raphael H. Valdivia is the Nanaline Duke Professor of Molecular Genetics and Chair of the Department of Integrative Immunobiology at Duke University School of Medicine. His research focuses on understanding how pathogenic and beneficial microbes adapt to their environments and how they influence the physiology of their hosts. The work presented will focus on Akkermansia muciniphila, a mucophilic microbe currently being considered as a next-generation probiotic for various immune and metabolic disorders.
February 25 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

“Becoming an Academic Entrepreneur” Michael Fried, MD, FAASLD
March 2026
March 4 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

“TBD” With Corey Ketchem, MD

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