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Dr. Alessio Fasano is considered the world’s leading expert in celiac disease and gluten-related disorders and returns here for his second appearance on STEM-Talk. Although just 2 million Americans have celiac disease, an estimated 20 million Americans suffer from gluten sensitivity.
Fasano is a professor and director of the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to celiac disease and gluten-related disorders, his research focuses on the microbiome, intestinal permeability and autoimmune disorders, which he discussed in his first interview on STEM-Talk Episode 20. (ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-20/)
Since that 2016 appearance, Fasano has published two books, “Gluten Freedom” and “Gut Feelings: The Microbiome and Our Health." Now he is part of the team involved in a long-term study that will follow infants who are genetically at risk of developing celiac.
Fasano is the director of the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment and chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Mass General Hospital. He also is a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a professor of nutrition at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
See full show notes at: ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-168
Dr. Alessio Fasano is considered the world’s leading expert in celiac disease and gluten-related disorders and returns here for his second appearance on STEM-Talk. Although just 2 million Americans have celiac disease, an estimated 20 million Americans suffer from gluten sensitivity.
Fasano is a professor and director of the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to celiac disease and gluten-related disorders, his research focuses on the microbiome, intestinal permeability and autoimmune disorders, which he discussed in his first interview on STEM-Talk Episode 20. (ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-20/)
Since that 2016 appearance, Fasano has published two books, “Gluten Freedom” and “Gut Feelings: The Microbiome and Our Health." Now he is part of the team involved in a long-term study that will follow infants who are genetically at risk of developing celiac.
Fasano is the director of the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment and chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Mass General Hospital. He also is a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a professor of nutrition at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
See full show notes at: ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-168
