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M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Ph. D. | Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Ph. D.

Professor of Medicine

Director of UNC Microbiome Core

Adjunct Professor of Nutrition

M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Ph. D.

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Isaac Taylor Hall
Room 312
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M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Ph. D.

Professor of Medicine

Director of UNC Microbiome Core

Adjunct Professor of Nutrition

Areas of Interest

Gut microbiome, Probiotics, Prebiotics, Beneficial modulation of the gut microbiome

About

Dr. Azcarate-Peril is a microbiologist with extensive experience in bacterial physiology and gut microbes. Over the course of 25 years, she has worked on research projects focused on the functional genomics of probiotics and the gut microbiome modulation by prebiotics. Her research aims to explore the impact and mechanisms involved in the beneficial modulation of the gut microbiota by prebiotics and probiotics. She specifically aims to develop prebiotic and probiotic interventions as alternatives to traditional treatments for microbiota-health-related conditions and to advance microbiota-based health surveillance methods. Dr. Azcarate-Peril is passionate about the impact of nutrition and healthy eating on gut microbes and overall health. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles.

  • Undergraduate

    Universidad Nacional de Misiones (Argentina)

  • PhD

    Universidad Nacional de Tucuman (Argentina)

Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.

Hippocrates