Poster Session 2026
“Understanding the microbiome may transform our understanding of how healthy bodies become diseased, how aging leads to infirmity, and how we could alter our internal ecosystems to prevent and treat a vast range of conditions.”
– Michelle A. Williams, Former Dean, Harvard Chan School
Email
hcmph@hsph.harvard.edu
Location
677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Poster Session 2026
** = Selected for short talk
| Presenter Name | Poster Title |
|---|---|
| Amanda Adams | Gram-positive bacterial peptidoglycan reduces HSV-1 and HSV-2 infection Amanda N. D. Adams, Lauren E. Griffin, Jennifer Powers, Amerria Causey, Virginia J. Glick, Miranda Gavitt, Desmond Richmond-Buccola, Cecilia Kim, Maryam Ahmad, Maya Jackson, Griffin Keiser, Jie Lun Cheng, Ambrish Kumar, Liyanage D. Fernando, Jiri Vlach, Megan H. Orzalli, Parastoo Azadi, Smita Gopinath |
| Olivia Ambrose | The Broad Institute Epidemiology Microbiome Collection Core (EMC², formerly the Harvard Chan Microbiome Collection Core) Olivia Ambrose, Curtis Huttenhower |
| Prooksa Ananchuensook | The relationship between dietary patterns and the gut virome. Prooksa Ananchuensook, Hanseul Kim , Etienne Nzabarushimana, Jiaxian Shen, Daniel Sikavi, Mengxi Du, Amrisha Bhosle, Curtis Huttenhower, Andrew T. Chan, Long H. Nguyen. |
| Victoria H. Anderson | Investigating the Effects of Novel Probiotics on Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis Victoria H. Anderson, Leah C. Beauchamp, Lily A. Palumbo, Laura M. Cox |
| Mariam Baig | Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and Blautia faecis improve motor and cognitive phenotypes through microglial and metabolic reprogramming in the 3KL synucleinopathy model Mariam Baig, Leah C. Beauchamp, Lily A. Palumbo, Toby Lanser, Laura M. Cox. |
| Suchandra Banerjee | Born Resistant? Phylogroup stratification of Escherichia coli in healthy motherneonate dyads Suchandra Banerjee, Amrita Bhattacharjee, Rajlakshmi Viswanathan, Mallika Lavania, Sulagna Basu |
| Ofri Bar | Harnessing Vaginal Inflammation and Microbiome: A Machine Learning Model for Predicting IVF Success Ofri Bar, Stylianos Vagios, Omer Barkai, Joseph Elshirbini, Irene Souter, Jiawu Xu, Kaitlyn James, Charles Bormann, Makiko Mitsunami, Jorge E. Chavarro, Philipp Foessleitner, Douglas S. Kwon, Moran Yassour, Caroline Mitchell |
| Leah C. Beauchamp | Alzheimer’s disease-derived Phocaeicola dorei contributes to cognitive decline in a strain-specific manner Leah C. Beauchamp, Lily A. Palumbo, Carter N. Abbott, Patrick da Silva, Caroline C. Wasen, Howard L. Weiner, Laura M. Cox |
| Paige K. Berger** | Human Milk Microbiome-Derived Lactotypes are Associated with Growth and Brain Development in Very Preterm Infants Paige K. Berger, Ruixuan Li, Manasa Kuncham, Evgenia Jen Filatava, Margaret L. Ong, Banu Ahtam, P. Ellen Grant, Katherine Gregory, Yanjiao Zhou, Mandy B. Belfort |
| Chandrima Bhattacharya | A Global Multi-Omics Atlas of Microbial Biosynthetic Gene Clusters Chandrima Bhattacharya, Jan Krumsiek, Christopher E. Mason |
| Katy Bond | Investigating the paradoxical effect of oral aspiration on the lung microbiome using computational and in-vitro modeling Bond, K.B., Pickens, C., Sumner, J., & Hartmann, E. M. |
| Camille Briskin | Impact of Gut Microbiome on Survival in Metastatic Melanoma Treated With TIL Therapy Camille Briskin, Derek Effiom, Aleigha Lawless, Tatyana Sharova, Genevieve Boland, Francesca Gazzaniga, Sonia Cohen |
| Amanda Darling | Biofilm Contributions of Bacterial Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes to Wastewater Surveillance Signal at the Hospital Scale Amanda Darling |
| Mengxi Du | Gut Microbial and Metabolomic Signatures of Ultra-Processed Food Intake: Findings from the Microbiome Among Nurses (Micro-N) Study Mengxi Du, Kai Wang, Runzhe Yao, Yujia Lu, Jiaxian Shen, Ana Nogal, Hanseul Kim, Wenjie Ma, Frank B. Hu, Andrew T. Chan, Curtis Huttenhower, Mingyang Song |
| Guilherme Fahur Bottino | Diversity, abundance, and prevalence of infant gut bifidobacteria across diverse populations and feeding practices Guilherme Fahur Bottino, Meredith Swanson, Sarah S. Comstock, Curtis Huttenhower, Vanja Klepac-Ceraj |
| Elsa Fristot** | Engineering vaginal probiotics for continuous localized mucosal protection Elsa Fristot, Achla Gandhi, Isaac Mauricio & Douglas Kwon |
| Emmanuel A. Gyimah | Child Intestinal Resistome Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial Providing Multiple Micronutrient-Fortified Bouillon Cubes to Households in Northern Ghana Emmanuel A. Gyimah, Lauren Thompson, K. Ryan Wessells, Yanshan Jin, Charles D. Arnold, Sika M. Kumordzie, Kania W. Nyaaba, Ahmed D. Fuseini, Jennie N. Davis, Emily Becher, Xiuping Tan, Angela M. Zivkovic, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Reina Engle-Stone |
| Erik Hasenoehrl | Identification of Key Bacteria, Genes, and Metabolites in the Microbiota-mediated Metabolism of Bilirubin Erik Hasenoehrl, Baylee Russel, Amrisha Bhosle, Joy Lu, Yiching Chen, Chaewon Kim, Nicholas Deng, Curtis Huttenhower, Josh Korzenik, Marco Jost, Seth Rakoff-Nahoum |
| Kyoo Heo** | A symbiont-derived glycosphingolipid enhances aerotolerance to enable neonatal gut colonization Kyoo Heo, Da-Jung Jung, Ji-Sun Yoo, Byoungsook Goh, Dennis L. Kasper, Sungwhan F. Oh |
| Nathan T. Jacobs | Evolution of organisms and their nomenclature in microbiology patents: taxonomic and phylogenetic considerations for innovators Nathan T. Jacobs |
| Dominick J Jenkins | Selective β-glucoside utilization promotes ecological enrichment of Lactobacillus crispatus in a defined vaginal microbial community model Dominick J Jenkins, Jeremy Liang, Emily P Balskus |
| Jordan S. L. Jensen | Enhanced multi-omic viral profiling from microbial community sequencing with BAQLaVa Jordan S. L. Jensen, Sagun Maharjan, Philipp C. Münch, Jiaxian Shen, Bailey Bowcutt, Jack T. Sumner, Xochitl C. Morgan, Kelsey N. Thompson, Long H. Nguyen, Eric A. Franzosa, Curtis Huttenhower |
| Yehoon Jo | Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Early Life Microbiome Colonization in a Canine Model Yehoon Jo, Tobyn Branck, Artemis S. Louyakis, Jacob T. Nearing, Amrisha Bhosle, Matthew I. Jackson, Christoph Brockel, Curtis Huttenhower, Kelsey N. Thompson, Dayakar V. Badri |
| Da-Jung Jung | Structural variants of Bacteroides fragilis-derived alpha-galactosylceramides induce unique natural killer T cell responses. Da-Jung Jung, Jesang Lee, Sumin Son, Seung Bum Park, and Sungwhan F. Oh |
| Roka Kakehi | Yogurt Consumption and Risk of Colorectal Cancer by Anatomic Site of the Colon and Calcium Intake: A Meta-Analysis Roka Kakehi, Nourhan Saeed Bakry, Edward Giovannucci, Qiao-li Wang |
| Thomas M. Kuntz | Longitudinal Analysis of Microbiome Profiles During Antibiotics Treatment and Recovery in a Canine Model Thomas M. Kuntz, Tobyn Branck, Artemis S. Louyakis, Jacob T. Nearing, Matthew I. Jackson, Christoph Brockel, Dayakar V. Badri, Kelsey N. Thompson, Curtis Huttenhower |
| S. Li | Western-diet-induced Gut-microbiome-derived Metabolites Accelerated Neuroinflammation in APP/PS1 mice Li, S., Beauchamp, L.C., Santarsiero, E., Menet, R., Palumbo, L.A., Baig, M., De Oliveira, M.G., Gowda, V. U., de Silva, P., Moreira, T. G., Rezende, R. M., Cox, L. M. Ann Romney |
| Valeria Lugo-Mesa | Copper Sulfate Treatment and Effects on Biofiltration in Saltwater Aquaria Valeria Lugo-Mesa, Frank J. Oliaro, Keri Olzewski, Cory A. Wolfe, Paul S. Morley, Lee J. Pinnell |
| Xochitl C. Morgan | The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Microbiome Analysis Core Xochitl C. Morgan, Emily A. Green, Curtis Huttenhower |
| Jacob T. Nearing | Cross‑Vendor Comparison of Metagenomic, Metatranscriptomic, and Metabolomic Profiles from OMNIgene‑OMR 120 Tongue Swabs Jacob T. Nearing, Ya Wang, Yuxi Liu, Ana Nogal, Fatima Saravia, Lyndsay Schaeffer, Harshad Joshi, Mingyang Song, Venda Maloney, Dong Wang, Curtis Huttenhower |
| Ana Nogal | GUT MICROBIAL ALTERATIONS PRECEDING COLORECTAL PREMALIGNANT LESION Ana Nogal, Kai Wang, Xinyu Wang, Kelsey N. Thompson, Chahat Upreti, Xochitl Morgan, Wendy S. Garrett, Andrew T. Chan, Curtis Huttenhower, Mingyang Song |
| Maribel Okiye | Antibiotic-selected post–sleeve gastrectomy microbiome enriches 3-hydroxy fatty acids linked with adipocyte metabolic remodeling Maribel Okiye, Weronika Stupalkowska, James Lou, Snehal Chaudhari, Fei Ye, Eric G. Sheu, A. Sloan Devlin |
| Wakako Okuda** | A Dual Antibiotic-Metabolite-based Approach to Improve Bacterial Vaginosis Treatment Wakako Okuda, Benjamin Read, Daisy Wang, Natalie Culler, Jiawu Xu, Johnathan Shih, Joseph Elsherbini, Sophia Ahn, Jingyuan Huang, Zehra Ordulu, Caroline Mitchell, Meilin Zhu, Douglas Kwon |
| Lily A. Palumbo | Alistipes drives T cell–mediated IL-17 responses and microglial dysfunction in a Parkinson’s disease mouse model Lily A. Palumbo, Leah C. Beauchamp, Mariam Baig, Madelynn O’Brien, Millicent Ekwudo, Danielle S. Leserve, Silke Nuber, Howard L. Weiner, Laura M. Cox |
| Yiming Shi | IRS: Iterative Reference Selection Normalizes Compositional Microbiome Data Yiming Shi, Lili Liu, Jun Chen, Kristine M. Wylie, Todd N. Wylie, Sung Hee Park, Ruiwen Zhou, Yin Cao, Stephanie A. Fritz, Molly J. Stout, M. Cristina Vazquez Guillamet, Lei Liu |
| Jack T Sumner | Identifying bacteriophage determinants of microbial community dynamics and function. Jack T Sumner, Jordan Jensen, Jiaxian Shen, Long Nguyen, Eric A Franzosa, Kelsey N Thompson, Curtis Huttenhower |
| Vishnu Thayil Valappil | Mucin-Adhering Bacteria Alter Gut Mucosal Microbiome Assembly via Priority Effects Vishnu Thayil Valappil, Abhijit Maji, Sudeep Ghimire and Joy Scaria |
| Chahat Upreti | Viral associates of Colorectal Cancer in the human gut Chahat Upreti, Jack T. Sumner, Jordan Jensen, Gianmarco Piccinno, Etienne Nzabarushimana, Long H. Nguyen, Nicola Segata, Kelsey N. Thompson, Curtis Huttenhower |
| Maggie Viland | In vitro modeling of patient-derived microbiomes towards improving microbiome community resilience Maggie Viland, Katherine Besse, Jordan Wyn, Alla Ostrinskaya, David I. Walsh III, Kylor Lachut, Alexander Caraballo, Mingyang Song, Todd Thorsen, David A. Drew |
| Dongyu Wang | Beyond Taxonomy: Functional Adaptation in Human, Dog, and Cat Gut Microbiomes Dongyu Wang, Jacob T. Nearing, Tobyn Branck, Thomas M. Kuntz, Bhosle, Amrisha, Artemis S. Louyakis, Dayakar V. Badri, Christoph Brockel, Kelsey N. Thompson, Yancong Zhang, Curtis Huttenhower |
| Ya Wang | Rapid and efficient microbial community viability assessment using marker gene targeting Maina Chen, Kelsey N. Thompson, Daisy Lyu,Ya Wang, Curtis Huttenhower |
| Xinyu Wang | EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STABILITY OF THE GUT MICROBIOME AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS Xinyu Wang, Chen Wang, Kai Wang, Ana Nogal, Yujia Lu, Mengxi Du, Jiaxian Shen, Andrew T. Chan, Curtis Huttenhower, Mingyang Song |
| Yan Yan | Dynamics of the oropharyngeal microbiome are associated with clinical outcomes in allogeneic stem cell transplantation XiaoJin Wu, Yu Zhang, Deji Ye, Yali Zheng, Can Wang, Siqi Zhang, Yuqi Zhang, Xiaofan Feng, Lei Pan, Siyuan Ma, Huipeng Jiao, Long Zhang, Fangfang Zhou, Curtis Huttenhower, Depei Wu,Yikun Yao, Yan Yan |
| Yiyan Yang | Revealing the Association Between the Gut Microbiome and Optimism Yiyan Yang, Säde P. Stenlund, Colleen McGrath, Francine Grodstein, Yang-Yu Liu, Laura D. Kubzansky |