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Daniel Horton (MSCE, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, 2015; MD, Harvard Medical School, 2008; AB, Harvard College, 2001) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Pediatric Rheumatology and Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Sciences (PopQuIS), at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Rutgers School of Public Health. He is a core member of the Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research and a Chancellor鈥檚 Scholar at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Dr. Horton鈥檚 research focuses on the uses, safety, and effectiveness of medications in pediatric populations, and the origins and management of childhood arthritis. He performs epidemiologic studies using large administrative and electronic health records databases as well as translational research. He has been involved in efforts to understand the risk factors and impact of the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 in children and adults, with a focus on health care workers. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and various research foundations.

The human body is teeming with internal fauna. There are an estimated 10–100 trillion additional cells in this mass of microbes — roughly equal to the number of human cells in our bodies — and they are found everywhere, including the breast. Sharma will focus on one such microbe, Bacteroides fragilis, the presence of which in the breast, gut and mammary tissue is linked to a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer.

Based in New York City, Dr. Raphael Kellman, MD, is a Physician of Integrative and Functional Medicine and founder of Kellman Wellness Center, a premier functional and holistic medical practice.

Dr. Kellman pioneered a groundbreaking new brand of medicine and healing called 鈥淢icrobiome Medicine,鈥� and through his deep understanding of the importance of the microbiome, Dr. Kellman treats gastrointestinal issues, chronic fatigue syndrome, heart disease, autoimmune disorders, Lyme disease, cancer, autism spectrum disorders, and unexplained, unresolved health issues.

Dr. Kellman was the first doctor to recognize the profound importance of the microbiome. In addition to providing patient care, Dr. Kellman publishes and lectures, advocating for whole-patient care and discussing his cutting-edge approach to curing illness through healing the microbiome. He is the author of the best-selling 鈥淢icrobiome Diet,鈥� 鈥淭he Microbiome Breakthrough,鈥� and his latest release "Microbiome Thyroid."

Dr. Gwynne Mhuireach has a multi-disciplinary background, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, a masters in Architecture, and a PhD in Landscape Architecture. She is also a third-generation Oregon farmer, operating a regenerative diversified livestock farm on the outskirts of Springfield. Mirroring this broad set of experiences, Gwynne鈥檚 research interests revolve around the relationships between human and planetary health, focusing specifically on built environment microbiomes and urban food systems. She is part of the Microbes and Social Equity Working Group and the Healthy Urban Microbiome Initiative. Gwynne received an EPA STAR PhD Fellowship and a USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her upcoming research projects include a pilot study exploring the effects of short versus long food supply chains on the gut microbiome and a collaboration with Oregon State University and Washington State University Extension to advance building-integrated agriculture. 

Dr. Caitlin Karolenko, PhD is a Scientific Program Manager at the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS). In this role, Dr. Karolenko leads various food safety initiatives including the Food Microbiology Committee. Additionally, she manages organizational projects to promote and enhance scientific integrity in the food and nutrition research process. Dr. Karolenko received her PhD in Food Science with a concentration in Food Microbiology from Oklahoma State University. She has direct experience with process validation including pathogen inhibition and microbiome analysis.

 (he/him) studies the effects of nutritional intervention on health outcomes, identifying mechanisms by which nutrients impact gene expression and host physiology, with primary emphasis on gastrointestinal health and obesity. His lab’s research is contributing to the development of diets to help prevent obesity and other health-related issues in humans and animals.
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Swanson uses genomic biology to study nutrition-related problems in the areas of obesity and intestinal health. Both comparative and applied nutrition research projects are performed in his laboratory, including those studying human subjects, companion animals, and rodent models. A primary aim of his research group is to study the effects of diet and age on gastrointestinal microbiota abundance and activity. DNA-based techniques [e.g., quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR); next-generation sequencing] are used in the lab. Current projects are designed to evaluate the effects of dietary fibers and prebiotics, dietary lipids, and protein: carbohydrate ratio on gastrointestinal microbial populations. Key associations between intestinal microbiota, host physiology, and disease are also being studied. Another primary area of research pertains to energy homeostasis and obesity. Molecular techniques (e.g., qRT-PCR; Fluidigm; RNAseq) are used to identify mechanisms and/or metabolic pathways affected in key metabolic tissues. Adipose tissue and skeletal muscle play important roles in energy homeostasis and glucose and lipid metabolism and are the focus of several ongoing projects.
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Dr. Swanson is Professor of Animal Nutrition and Nutrigenomics in the  in the  (ACES) at the . He is also interim director of the  at ACES.

 is an expert in the field of rapid detection of pathogens and toxins with extensive research and development experience in microbial diagnostics, and characterization of microbiome found in different environments (food, water, etc.), animal gut, and other body sites. He leads an interdisciplinary group researching food safety and neighborhood food systems in an urban environment, and clinical and translational microbiology.
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Banerjee's interdisciplinary group conducts research on food safety and neighborhood food systems. They are interested in assessing the attribution of different environmental sources in the dissemination of pathogens through the food chain causing human health risks and microbial food safety. The focus of their research program comprises extensive laboratory-based investigation to develop biosensors and other molecular methods for rapid detection, screening, and characterization of pathogenic microorganisms or toxins from food, environmental (water, air, soil), and clinical samples.
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Banerjee is an associate professor of food safety in the  and a faculty Extension specialist for , both housed in the  at the . He is also an associate professor in the  at U of I.


 

 is advancing animal health, biofuel production, and food safety through his research in microbiology. His work focuses on anaerobic microbiology and fermentations, molecular microbial ecology in gut ecosystems, degradation of plant cell wall polymers and biomass, nitrogen metabolism, anaerobic waste digestion, and antibiotic resistance genes.
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Mackie is a professor in the , part of the  (ACES) at the . Mackie is also affiliated with the  in ACES and the .

Christopher A. Lowry, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology and Center for Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Center for Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), a Principal Investigator in the Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System, VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, & Clinical Center (MIRECC), Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), and director of the Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Laboratory at CU Boulder. He is Co-Director, with Dr. Lisa Brenner, of the Military and Veteran Microbiome Consortium for Research and Education (MVM-CoRE). Dr. Lowry's research program focuses on understanding stress-related physiology and behavior with an emphasis on the role of the microbiome-gut-brain axis in stress resilience, health and disease.

 
Brenda Anne Wilson is a Professor of microbiology in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She also is the Inaugural Professor of Biomedical and Translational Sciences in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, an adjunct professor of pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine; and the Sandia Senior Faculty Fellow in the university's Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. 
Wilson is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and a member of the AAM Selection Committee, and an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer.
She was a DAAD graduate exchange Fellow in biochemistry at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany. While earning her PhD at Johns Hopkins University, she was an AAUW doctoral fellow and studied antibiotic biosynthesis. She then undertook her NIH postdoctoral fellowship training in microbiology at Harvard Medical School, where she began her studies on bacterial protein toxins. Her first tenured faculty appointment was in biochemistry at Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.
As inaugural leader of the Host-Microbe Systems Theme of the Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois for 10 years, Wilson brought together faculty and scientists from multiple disciplines across campus, including microbiology, anthropology, animal sciences, engineering, and veterinary pathobiology to forge new areas of microbiome research. She served for 10 years on the executive committee of the Great Lakes Regional Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases. As co-director of the University of Illinois Center for Zoonoses Research, she has promoted the One-Health Initiative and training of DVM students in research through summer training experiences. For nearly 20 years she has served as Biosecurity Leader of the Executive Committee of the University of Illinois Program in Arms Control, Domestic and International Security, where she has engaged events promoting scientific literacy and bridging the gap between scientists and educators, policy makers, government officials, and the public.
Wilson is currently president of the Champaign-Urbana Branch of the American Association for University Women, where she helps organize and convene community outreach events aimed at advancing equity and higher education opportunities for women and girls, particularly in STEM areas. As director for undergraduate education in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, she helps oversee the delivery of all academic, advising, and curricular aspects of the BS in MCB, BS in Biochemistry, BS in Neuroscience, and the forthcoming BS in MCB + Data Science undergraduate programs and the MS in MCB graduate programs. As the Sandia Senior Faculty Fellow in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, she fosters, engages, and sustains research collaborations in STEM disciplines, including building workforce pipelines between scientists at the University of Illinois and the U.S. Department of Energy's national labs.
Research interests
Wilson’s research focuses on the host-microbe interface, bacterial pathogenesis and bacterial protein toxins, development of anti-toxin and toxin-based therapeutic biologics, comparative and functional genomic technologies and applications involving microbiomes and their roles in health and disease, climate change impacts on microbiomes, health, and disease transmission, and development of technologies and applications for detection and risk assessment of Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) objects, publications, and activities. She has published over 150 scientific articles, chapters, and books, including the highly acclaimed textbook Bacterial Pathogenesis: A Molecular Approach (4th Edition, 2019, ASM Press/John Wiley) and the recent Revenge of the Microbes: How Bacterial Resistance is Undermining the Antibiotic Miracle (2nd Edition, 2023, ASM Press/John Wiley).
Education
BA (Biochemistry and German), Barnard College/Columbia University, 1981
Biochemistry Diplomarbeit (Post-baccalaureate Program), Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany, 1981-1982
M.S./Ph.D. (Chemistry), Johns Hopkins University, 1989
Postdoctoral (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics), Harvard Medical School, 1989-1993
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