Moderator

Gregory Donaldson, PhD

Assistant Professor, MIMG, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

(DGSOM UCLA)

Panel

Causes and Consequences of Dysbiosis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Jonathan Jacobs, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Medicine – Digestive Diseases; & Director,

Microbiome Core, UCLA Goodman-Luskin Microbiome, DGSOM UCLA

Manipulating the Microbiome to Impact the Mind

Elaine Hsiao, PhD

Professor, Biological Sciences, DGSOM UCLA

From Cravings to Control: The Microbiome’s Role in Eating Behavior

Arpana Church, PhD

Associate Professor, Medicine – Digestive Diseases, DGSOM UCLA  – & –

Helicobacter Pylori-Survival in the Stomach and the Quest

for Targeted Therapy

Elizabeth Marcus, MD

Associate Professor; and Fellowship Program Director, Pediatrics – Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, UCLA DGSOM

Moderator

Swapna Joshi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medicine, DGSOM UCLA

Panel

When Microbes Miscommunicate: Insights into IBS

Andrea Shin, MD, MSCR

Clinical Professor, Medicine, Medicine – Digestive Diseases; and Director,

Education, Center for Integrative Digestive Health, DGSOM UCLA

MAIT Cells at the Interface of the Gut Microbiome and Immunity

Lili Yang, PhD

Professor, MIMG, DGSOM UCLA     – and –

Gut Microbes and Cardiovascular Diseases

Aldons Lusis, PhD

Professor, Medicine, MIMG, and Human Genetics, DGSOM UCLA

Moderator

Arpana Church, PhD

Associate Professor, Medicine – Digestive Diseases, DGSOM UCLA

Panel

Human Virome Program-New Capabilities and National Reach

Yvonne Hernandez-Kapila, DDS, PhD

Professor, Chair and Associate Dean, Dentistry, Biosystems & Function

& Periodontics, UCLA School of Dentistry

Barriers and Bridges: How the Microbiome Shapes Mental Health

Tiffany Ho, PhD

Associate Professor, Psychology, UCLA College of Letters and Sciences – & –

Beyond the Virus: How HIV and Substance Use Reshape the Gut

Jennifer Fulcher, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Medicine – Infectious Diseases, DGSOM UCLA,

and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System    

Moderator

Jonathan Jacob, PhD

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Medicine – Digestive Diseases, DGSOM UCLA

Panel

Molecular Diplomacy in the Gut: Bacterial Signals that Reinforce Health

Gregory Donaldson, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medicine – Digestive Disease & MIMG, DGSOM UCLA

Microbiome-Immune Interactions in Acute Dengue:

Insights from the Peruvian Amazon

Courtney DeCan, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine – Clinical Nutrition, DGSOM UCLA – & –

Hidden Sensory System Inside Your Gut

Benjamin Macadangdang, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics – Neonatology, DGSOM UCLA

Takashiro Ohara, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Integrative Biology & Physiology

UCLA College of Letters and Sciences     – and –

AJ Addae

PhD Candidate, Chemistry & Biochemistry (P. Weiss’ Group),

UCLA College of Letters and Sciences

Registration –

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Contact – Alex Orozco – alexorozco@mednet.ucla.edu