We are thrilled to announce the awardees of the 2022 Microbiome Research Program.
Trainee/Staff Pilot Awards
Trainee pilot awards were each granted $10,000 for a one-year project.
Daisuke Maruyama
Postdoc, PI: Prakash
Dietary interventions and Microbiome alterations influence Lung Injury responses in Mice
Man Hung Benedict Choi
Postdoc, PI: Goodarzi
Identifying molecular determinants of microbiome-tumor interactions in cancer progression using in vivo selection models
Ori Lieberman
Resident, PI: Amorim
Short-Chain Fatty Acids as Modifiers of Brain Injury after Cardiac Arrest: A Pilot Study
Jacqueline Moltzau Anderson
Postdoc, PI: Lynch
Determining the Basis of Fecal Microbial Transplant Failure in Ulcerative Colitis Patients.
Mustafa Özçam
Postdoc, PI: Lynch
Development of a humanized mouse model to uncover the role of human gut microbiome in atopy.
Domenique Escobar
Resident, PI: Porten
The Role of the Urinary and Gut Microbiome in Patients with High-Risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
Sarah Levkoff Maxwell
Fellow, PI: Wojcicki
Early Microbiome Profiles in Latinx Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Jeremie Rispal
Postdoc, PI: Klein
Characterization of the link between microbiome and intestinal epithelial cells in cellular and regional specific manner.
Connie Ha
Staff, PI: Lynch
High-throughput cultivation of the maternal and neonatal human microbiota
Faculty Pilot Awards
Faculty pilot awards were each granted $50,000 for a one-year project.
Aoife O'Donovan
Associate Professor
Gut Reactions: The Microbiome in Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Dara Torgerson
Associate Professor
The lung microbiome-metabolome of extremely preterm infants at high risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Bryan Winn
Professor
Determining the capacity of the ocular surface microbiome to disrupt elastin in floppy eyelid syndrome
Faculty Project Awards
Faculty project awards were each granted $150,000 for a two-year project.
Andrea Garber
Professor
Gut dysbiosis and metabolic recovery in patients with malnutrition secondary to anorexia nervosa
Michael Kattah
Assistant Professor
Microbial and mucosal immune responses to strict dietary modification in ulcerative colitis
Valerie Flaherman
Professor
Preventing Growth Impairment in Low-Income Countries: The Relationship Between Maternal Milk Composition and Infant Growth
