1.0Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Diseasehttps://www.med.unc.edu/cgibdElizabeth Prietohttps://www.med.unc.edu/cgibd/author/elizabeth-prieto/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Ay8295q9z1"><a href="https://www.med.unc.edu/cgibd/directory/rita-tamayo-phd/">Rita Tamayo, PhD</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.med.unc.edu/cgibd/directory/rita-tamayo-phd/embed/#?secret=Ay8295q9z1" width="600" height="338" title="“Rita Tamayo, PhD” — Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease" data-secret="Ay8295q9z1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.med.unc.edu/cgibd/wp-content/uploads/sites/466/2017/10/tamayo-rita.jpeg171243Research Summary Dr. Tamayo is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Her research interests lie in the mechanisms used by pathogens to sense, respond, and adapt to changing host environments. She has studied diverse intestinal pathogens: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, Vibrio cholerae, and Clostridioides difficile. Through this and other work, she has … Read more