Assesses bacteria, yeast, viruses, and parasites in the gut microbiome, alongside relevant digestive and inflammatory markers.
Dr. Jens Walter
Dr. Jens Walter, Ph.D. is the CAIP chair for nutrition, microbes, and gastrointestinal health at the University of Alberta, Canada. His research primarily focuses on the microbial ecology of the human and animal gastrointestinal tract and the metabolic and immunological interactions between the microbiome and its host in relation to health. He perceives the relationship between the gut microbiome and their host to be symbiont. He is interested to understand how environmental factors (such as diet and lifestyle) and historic processes impact the gut microbiome and the host at large. Dr. Walter's interdisciplinary and highly collaborative studies have proven that the gut microbiome has a profound effect on the host's health.5
Dr. Susan Lynch
Dr. Susan Lynch, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Medicine – Gastroenterology, at the University of California, San Francisco, USA. Her work primarily focuses on the gastrointestinal microbiome, and its role in both the origins of and established chronic inflammatory diseases. She believes that bioactive products of the gut microbiome influence host cellular populations in a co-evolved, and frequently reciprocal relationship. As a result, perturbation to the composition and function of the gut microbiome leads to the development of chronic diseases. She relentlessly strives to determine the microbial-derived mechanisms that promote immune function and contribute to the origins of childhood asthma and inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease, as she believes that manipulating the gut microbiome can help prevent and manage chronic inflammatory conditions6.
