Balancing Our Microbiome
Dr. Kamada focuses on the bad actors of the microbiome—bacterial troublemakers that contribute to IBD pathogenesis.
Researchers
Below are researchers funded by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation who are working in the microbiome.
Wendy Garrett, MD, PhD
Professor, Harvard University, Current Grantee
The Garrett lab focuses on mucosal immunology and the gut microbiota. They study intestinal inflammation in colitis and the tumor microenviroment in colorectal cancer, with a specific focus on the gut microbiota and immune system.
Andrew Goodman, PhD
Professor, Yale University Microbial Sciences Institute, Former Grantee
The Goodman lab aims to dissect the mechanisms that commensal gut microbes use to compete, cooperate and antagonize each other in the gut and explore how microbiome variation impacts our response to pathogenic infection and medical…
Chun-Jun (CJ) Guo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, Current Grantee
Using genetic approaches, the Guo lab seeks to understand and reprogram the molecular “language” of host-microbe interactions in health and disease for potential therapeutic applications.
Timothy Hand, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Current Grantee
The Hand lab is interested in the immune cells of the intestine and how they respond to the first interactions with colonizing microorganisms. Too little immune response can lead to infection but too much can contribute…
Howard Hang, PhD
Professor, Scripps Research, Former Grantee
The Hang lab aims to understand the chemical mechanisms that modulate host-microbe interactions and translate discoveries into new therapeutic approaches.
Iliyan Iliev, PhD
Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, Current Grantee
The Iliev lab studies the mechanisms by which fungal and bacterial symbionts interact with their host to influence immunity and homeostasis, or contribute to intestinal diseases, allergies and cancers.
