Dr. Travis aims to identify key cells and molecules that control immune responses in health and disease. He is focused on how myeloid cells control immune reactions in the intestine to understand what goes wrong during IBD and infections of the gut.
The Stockinger lab focuses on how environmental factors influence processes in the body such as tissue repair and differentiation and immune cell functions. Malfunction in these processes can aid the development of inflammatory diseases and cancer.
Dr. Kayal specializes in the care of patients with gastrointestinal illnesses with a focus on ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Her current research interests include prediction and risk stratification in ulcerative colitis patients who need surgery.
The Kim lab emulates host-microbiome interactions that orchestrate intestinal homeostasis and disease development. They develop “Personalized Disease-on-a-Chip” models by integrating patient-derived organoids, microbiomes and immune cells.
The Koch lab studies maternal-fetal interactions, focusing on immunity, metabolism and the microbiota. They are working to identify novel pathways through which maternal-offspring interactions regulate neonatal health.
The Kohan lab focuses on the role of lipoproteins in regulating cellular metabolism in the immune system and the intestine, and the consequences for human disease.
The Lacy-Hulbert lab works to understand how different aspects of the immune system cooperate to identify and combat potentially infectious organisms while preventing immune attack against innocuous microbes or the body’s own self.
Dr. Lightner specializes in colon and rectal surgery. She is advancing research on regenerative cellular and acellular based therapeutic approaches to offer her Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients non-surgical alternatives.
The Lucas lab strives to discover mechanisms of disease driving rare immune disorders, focusing on the genetic, cellular and biochemical underpinnings that can illuminate fundamental biology and broadly inform diagnoses and treatments.
The Lynch lab focuses primarily on the human microbiota in both respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, environmental microbial exposures that shape its development and its role in chronic inflammatory diseases.
