- Eugene B. Chang, an award-winning professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, will discuss the challenges, limitations and promises of microbiome research
- Chang is currently spearheading cutting-edge research efforts targeting what comprises a healthy gut microbiome and how that can be used to avoid or treat diseases.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Library of Congress Webinar to Present Advances in Microbiome Research
The Library of Congress Health Services Division and Science, Technology and Business Division will host a webinar on Thursday, April 27, to discuss advances in microbiome research and the potential and promise of microbiome-based medicine in the era of precision management. Eugene B. Chang, an award-winning professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, will discuss the challenges, limitations and promises of microbiome research, at a time of important discoveries about how microbiomes can affect human diseases and treatments.
What: Microbiome and Health: What Your Gut Can Tell You About Your Health
When: Thursday, April 27, 11 a.m. – noon ET.
Where: Livestream webinar on zoom.gov
Who:
Dr. Eugene B. Chang, an award-winning physician-scientist, author and professor of medicine at the University of Chicago. He leads a multidisciplinary group of researchers studying the factors driving the selection and assembly of intestinal microbes and how they can be used to reshape the intestinal microbiome to prevent and treat disease.
In his university lab, Chang is currently spearheading cutting-edge research efforts targeting what comprises a healthy gut microbiome and how that can be used to avoid or treat diseases.
RSVP: Please register here. For media interview requests, contact Maria Peña, mpena@loc.gov, and you can also send your questions for the webinar here.
For non-media questions, contact Kerry Moore in the Health Service Division at kerrmoore@loc.gov.
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PR 23-035
04/19/2023
ISSN 0731-3527