Gut Health, Microbiota & Probiotics Throughout the Lifespan 2018:
Dietary Influences
October 10-11, 2018
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
The symposium will provide an overview of the latest scientific evidence related to gut microbiota and probiotics and their importance to health across the lifespan. This specifically includes the pregnancy period, infancy and childhood, adulthood, and older adults. The goals of the symposium include the following:
No webcast recordings are available for this event.
Welcome and Introductions
W. Allan Walker, MD
Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition and Pediatrics
Director, Division of Nutrition Harvard Medical School
Director, Mucosal Immunology Laboratory
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
Keynote: Nutrition and Microbiota in Health
Jeffrey Gordon, MD
Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor
Director, Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology
Washington University in St. Louis, USA
SESSION I - THE PERINATAL AND CHILDHOOD PERIOD
Moderator:
W. Allan Walker, MD
Session I Keynote: Diet, Metabolites and Western-Lifestyle Inflammatory Diseases
Charles Mackay, PhD, FAA
Professor, Monash University, Australia
The Prenatal Period: Impact of the Maternal Diet, Including Probiotics
Erika Isolauri, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Turku
Chief Physician, Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Finland
The Neonatal Period: Breast Feeding and the Gut Microbiome
Eline Van Der Beek, PhD
Professor of Nutritional Programming, University Medical Center Groningen
Research Director Early Development, Danone Nutricia Early Life Nutrition
Gut Microbiota Maturation and Undernutrition
Sathish Subramanian, MD, PhD
Resident, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Celiac Disease
Alessio Fasano, MD
W. Allan Walker Chair of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Associate Chief, Department of Pediatrics, Basic, Clinical and Translational Research
MassGeneral Hospital for Children, USA
Director of the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment
Director of the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center
Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Session I Summary
Allan Walker, MD
SESSION II - ADULTS
Moderator
Balfour Sartor, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Session II Keynote: Diet and Microbiota During Adulthood in Health and Disease
Gary Wu, MD
Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor in Gastroenterology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA
Intestinal Microbiota in Developed vs. Developing Countries
Erwin Zoetendal, PhD
Associate Professor, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Netherlands
Effects of the Diet on the Microbiota and Inflammatory Responses in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Ian Sanderson, MD
Professor of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Diet/Microbial Interactions in Cardiovascular Disease
Jake Lusis, PhD
Professor, Departments of Microbiology Medicine
University of California- Los Angeles, USA
SESSION II - ADULTS
Moderator: Balfour Sartor, MD,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Influences of Functional and Fermented Foods on Intestinal Health
Robert Hutkins, PhD
Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology
University of Nebraska- Lincoln, USA
Session II Summary
Balfour Sartor, MD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
SESSION III - OLDERS ADULTS
Moderator
Peter Holt, MD
Rockefeller University
Session III Keynote: Diet and Microbiota in Health of the Elderly
Paul O’Toole, PhD
Professor of Microbial Genomics
School of Microbiology & APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork
Immunosenescence & Microbiota
Simin Meydani, DVM, PhD
Vice Provost for Research, Tufts University, USA
Twin Studies and Aging Disorders
Claire Steves, MA, MBBS, MRCP, PhD
Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Physician
Kings College London, and Guys and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust UK
C. difficile in Older Adults
Cirle Warren, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA
Session III Summary
Peter Holt, MD
Senior Research Associate
Associate Director, Sackler Center for Biomedicine and Nutrition
Rockefeller University, USA
Closing Remarks
W. Allan Walker, MD