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Dec 2024
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Nikhil Pai - The Microbiome in Pediatric...

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About this episode

In this episode, hosts Drs. Jason Silverman and Jennifer Lee sit down with Dr. Nikhil Pai on the early life development of the gut microbiome and its impacts on pediatric health and disease. Dr. Pai is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine and a pediatric gastroenterologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Learning objectives:

  1. To understand the early life influences on microbiome development.
  2. To review the influence of our microbiome on various aspects of health and specific diseases.
  3. To review various modalities for influencing the microbiome including prebiotics, probiotics, antibiotics and more. 

Links:

  1. Season 2 Episode 24: Stacy Kahn - Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

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