The Human Microbiome and its Links to Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases | CDC

The Human Microbiome and its Links to Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases | CDC

The Human Microbiome and its Links to Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases

November 5, 2020, 11:00 am -12:00 pm ET

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The human microbiome is the collective genome of microbial communities that live in and on us. These microbial communities are found on our skin, and in our mouths, respiratory tract, urinary tract, and gut. microbial communities work symbiotically with our body to keep us from getting sick. Changes in composition and diversity of our gut microbiota are generally accepted as risk factors for becoming carriers of antibiotic- resistant pathogens and developing Clostridiodies difficile infection, but these changes have also been linked to a wide variety of human diseases across the lifespan.

Rapid advances in next-generation sequencing technology have allowed the scientific community to make rapid advances in microbiome research. The microbiome is an area ripe for further exploration, as it represents untold opportunities to preserve and improve health, as well as to advance the field of precision public health.

In this webinar, Dr. Rob Knight of UCSD will give discuss emerging opportunities and examples for using the microbiome to improve health and prevent disease at the individual and population levels. Our discussant, CDC’s Dr. Clifford McDonald will give an overview of several CDC initiatives in microbiome and public health research and program implementation.

Speaker:

Rob Knight, PhD
Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation,
Professor of Pediatrics and Computer Science & Engineering,
University of California at San Diego,
San Diego, California

Discussant:

Clifford McDonald, MD
Associate Director for Science,
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion,
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta, Georgia

Selected References

• Microbiome analyses of blood and tissues suggest cancer diagnostic approach.external icon
  Poore GD, et al. Nature. 2020 Mar;579 (7800):567-574
• Precision Public Health: Harnessing the Power of the Human Microbiome
  Halpin AL, CDC Blog Post, June 7, 2017

Hosted by

• Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Office of Science
• Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases