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1. Effects of early life stressors on development<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Microbes modulate host development, and microbial stressors impair early life transmission and alter developmental programs. We are studying these microbial-host conversations using mouse models and looking at metabolic and brain responses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2. The microbiome of remote indigenous peoples<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Urbanization decreases microbial diversity and is associated with reduced infectious diseases but increased immune and metabolic diseases. Millions of peoples globally are integrating urban practices in their lives.\u00a0In a multidisciplinary team of with local scientists in Venezuela, we continue our decades-long\u00a0 relation with indigenous communities to study of the effect of increasing\u00a0antimicrobial exposures on the structure and function of human microbiomes.<\/p>\n

3. Vaginal seeding – Randomized Clinical trial<\/b><\/h3>\n

We collaborate with OBGYN and Public Health colleagues in an inter-institutional study on the effect of maternal vaginal microbes given to C-section-born neonates on both their microbiome maturation and health outcomes.<\/p>\n

4. NJ ECHO Study<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0With a multidisciplinary Rutgers team, we examine the relationship between early microbiome stressors and upper and lower airway health in children, while contributing unique diversity to the larger ECHO cohort.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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