Ongoing studies:

• Effects of the Autoimmune Protocol diet on clinical and gut microbiome outcomes in eczema and psoriasis patients.

Status: Manuscript in preparation. 

Peer-reviewed publications:

• Reframing nutritional microbiota studies to reflect an inherent metabolic flexibility of the human gut: a narrative review focusing on high-fat diets. mBio
• Exercise and the gut microbiome: a review of the evidence, potential mechanisms, and implications for human health. Exercise & Sport Sciences Reviews (Awarded ACSM Paper of the Year for 2019)
• Exercise training modifies xenometabolites in gut and circulation of lean and obese adults. Physiological Reports
• Behavioral response to fiber feeding is cohort-dependent and related to gut microbiota composition in mice. Brain and Behavioural Research
• Exercise alters gut microbiota composition and function in lean and obese humans. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
• Exercise training-induced modifications of the gut microbiota can mediate host response to microbial colonization and colitis insult in gnotobiotic mice. Gut Microbes

Professional presentations:

• Rewilding the gut. What modern microbiome science & ecological theory can tell us about restoring ancestral diversity. Ancestral Health Symposium (2021).
  
• Progress in gut health and microbiome research. Physicians for Ancestral Health Virtual Retreat (2021). 
• Microbiome basics, methods, and research tools. Virtual Microbiome Summit (2020). 
• Microbiome myths & misconceptions. IHH-UCSF Symposium on Nutrition and Functional Medicine (2020)
• Strategies to reverse gut dysbiosis in chronic disease. Keynote speaker. Physicians or Ancestral Health Annual Retreat (2020). 
• Modulating the gut microbiome for health: Evidence-based testing and therapeutic strategies. Ancestral Health Symposium (2019).
• Effects of transplanted exercised vs. sedentary gut microbiota on gene expression in gnotobiotic mice. International Scientific Conference on Probiotics, Prebiotics, Gut Microbiota, and Health (2019).
• The effects of exercise on the gut microbiota and gut barrier function in states of health and disease. Division of Nutritional Sciences, UIUC (2019).
• The gut-skin axis: scientific evidence and an integrative approach to testing and treatment. Ancestral Health Symposium (2018).
• Training the gut: how exercise impacts the gut microbiome and gut barrier function. Poster presentation, Ancestral Health Symposium (2018).