Ali Keshavarzian

This session will cover the pathogenic and non-pathogenic constituents of the gut microbiome that induce local and systemic inflammatory response and play an important role in disease development…

BACKGROUND: Diet is known to alter the risk of depression. Increasing data also demonstrate a causal role of the gut microbiome in mental illness, via the gut-brain axis. However, it remains unclear how diet and the microbiome mechanistically influence depression risk in humans…

In this session, you will learn about the advances in microbial biotransformation of drugs and this can impact clinical outcomes and adverse events…

Fatigue is the most common symptom reported by patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and it impacts patients with both inactive and active disease. There is no treatment for fatigue in patients with inactive IBD despite its significant societal cost…