http://people.unisa.edu.au/andrea.stringer | @andreastringer1
Ifeoma is a PhD candidate in the medical science field, exploring the effect of a novel diet and the gut microbiota on breast cancer tumour response to chemotherapy.
She is affiliated with the Cancer treatment and toxicities group (CTTG) and Supportive oncology group (SORG) in the university of Adelaide.
Affiliations: Department of Diabetes, Monash University
Dr Matthew Snelson is a dietitian and researcher interested in the role of diet in altering disease states via modulation of the gut microbiota. He completed his PhD at Monash University in 2019, investigating the effects of a processed diet on gut homeostasis. He is currently investigating the role of resistant starch on the development of diabetic nephropathy.
Affiliations: Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
Dr. Amy Loughman is the founder of the Australasian Human Microbiome Research Network, clinically practising psychologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on microbiome-gut-brain-axis across the human lifespan, and advancing analytical practices in the field. Amy is committed to fostering collaboration and improving microbiome science.
Affiliations: University of Sydney (School of Psychology)
Dr Caitlin Cowan takes a translational approach to the study of the microbiome-gut-brain axis, informed by her training in clinical psychology and behavioural neuroscience. Her work focuses on the early life microbiome might shape trajectories of mental health and neurodevelopment across the lifespan.
Affiliations: Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne
Professor Hannan received his undergraduate training and PhD from the University of Sydney. He was then awarded a Nuffield Medical Fellowship at the University of Oxford, where he subsequently held other research positions before returning to Australia to establish a laboratory at the Florey Institute, University of Melbourne. He is an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow.
www.florey.edu.au/epigenetics-and-neural-plasticity-laboratory | @anthonyjhannan
Affiliations: The University of Adelaide (Adelaide Medical School); South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI – Precision Medicine); The University Medical Centre Groningen (University of Groningen)
Hannah is an enthusiastic ECR leading a program of translational research focused on improving the QoL of people living with and beyond cancer. She uses a combination of in vitro, preclinical and clinical research to identify new ways of better supporting gut health in people undergoing cancer therapy, currently collaborating with Australasia’s largest stool bank to provide a new FMT service for people with blood cancer.
www.pooisnottaboo.com | https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/hannah.wardill | @hannahrwardill
Affiliations: School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Dr Lisa Stinson is a microbial ecologist and reproductive biologist with a particular expertise in working with low biomass samples. Her research interests include the early life microbiome, the human milk microbiome, and the developmental origins of health and disease.
Dr Guillaume Méric is a microbiologist working on the interaction between the gut microbiota and health through computational analyses of large-scale human population cohort datasets that include a microbial component, typically metagenomic sequences from the gut or other body sites. He obtained his PhD in 2012 from the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK), followed by postdocs in the UK (Swansea University Medical School, University of Bath & Milner Centre for Evolution). Prior to working on the human microbiome, his research focused on the ecology and population biology of clinical and veterinary bacterial pathogens.
Courtney is an ECR aiming to prevent the chronic complications of cancer therapy and alleviate the significant burden imposed by these complications on people living with and beyond cancer. Her current work is focussed on exploring the role of the gut microbiota in the development of the neuropsychological complications of cancer treatment, in the hope of establishing the potential of microbial-based preventative and therapeutic measures for these symptoms.
Mr Ben Hargreaves is a Masters by Research candidate at the University of South Australia within the Bone and Gut Research Group investigating the effects of Vitamin D deficiency on chemotherapy-induced gastrointestinal mucositis and the gut microbiome.
Heidi is an advanced accredited practising dietitian and lead of the Diet Gut and Brain Group at Monash University. She and her team are advancing knowledge of diet-induced microbiome shifts and other mechanisms through which diet influences the brain and the gut. Their research is strengthening contemporary management of common mental disorders, such as depression, and disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI), such as irritable bowel syndrome.
Sarah is an early-career researcher interested in the role of the microbiota-gut-brain axis in behavioural and nervous system impairment. Her research interests include microbiota-drug interactions, circadian biology and cognitive performance.
Affiliations: Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne
Catherine is interested in all aspects of the oral microbiome in health and disease, which has lead to a broad portfolio of research. She is currently investigating the role that breastfeeding plays in the development of the infant oral microbiome, the microbiome of diseased gums from periodontitis patients that do not respond to standard treatments, and the role that oral bacteria play in the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Affiliations: Department of Gastroenterology, Mater Hospital Brisbane ; Mater Research Institute – University of Queensland Translational Research Institute ; The University of Queensland School of Medicine
A/Prof Jakob Begun obtained his MD and PhD in genetics at Harvard Medical School. His advanced training in Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) was at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) where he developed a keen interest in the microbiome – immune system interactions. He runs a basic and translational laboratory investigating the interaction between innate immune functions of the gut and the microbial community.
https://www.materresearch.org.au/Researchers/Our-researchers/researcher?r=1056
Affiliations: Monash University
Hamdi is a final year PhD student from Monash University under the supervision of A/Prof Francine Marques and Prof David Kaye. Her PhD research is focused on understanding the role of the gut microbiota in the development of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. She is particularly interested in how maternal nutrient intake, especially dietary fibre, can be used to modulate the gut microbiota and cardiovascular outcome in offspring.
Affiliations: University of New South Wales, Microbiome Research Centre, St George & Sutherland Clinical School, St George Hospital
Professor Emad El-Omar is the Professor of Medicine at the St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW SYDNEY, and the Director of the Microbiome Research Centre at St George Hospital, Kogarah. Prof El-Omar has 20 years of gut microbiome research expertise. His other research interests include inflammation-driven gastrointestinal cancer, Helicobacter pylori infection and inflammatory bowel disease. He is the Editor in Chief of the journal Gut.
Affiliations: Food & Mood Centre, IMPACT Institute, Deakin University
Madeline is a PhD Candidate and research assistant at the Food & Mood Centre. Madeline's research focuses on the nutritional treatment of anorexia nervosa where she is particularly interested in gastrointestinal symptoms and the potential role of the gut microbiome.