WOCNext 2019

Mariana Byndloss
Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center


Mariana Byndloss is an Assistant Professor in the Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology Department at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is also a member of the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center. Dr. Byndloss has extensive experience in studying the interactions between the host and intestinal microbiota during dysbiosis, and has authored and co-authored over 50 scientific publications. Her current research proposes to establish novel molecular mechanisms responsible for the imbalance in the microbial community (dysbiosis), which connects major players in the pathogenesis of non-communicable diseases. Dr. Byndloss is particularly interested in how inflammation-mediated changes in gut epithelial metabolism lead to gut dysbiosis and increased risk of non-communicable diseases namely inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, cardiovascular disease and colon cancer.

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