Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center
“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
2024-program
For information, please contact Nicole Levesque (levesque@hsph.harvard.edu, 617-432-4902)
More information is available on the main Symposium Page.
May 13, 2024
(All times below are EDT)
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health – Snyder Auditorium
Also available via Zoom
| 8:30 – 8:45 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Opening Remarks Andrea Baccarelli, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Jun Yu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong “Gut microbiome in GI cancer progression” |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Emily Vogtmann, National Cancer Institute “Current and future directions for the study of the human oral microbiome and cancer risk” |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Mirae Baichoo, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center “Understanding role of diet on microbiome injury and patient outcome for hospitalized Allo-HCT patients” |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Alican Özkan, Wyss Institute at Harvard University “Modulation of Acute Radiation Syndrome in Human Intestine by Gut Microbiome and a Probiotic Revealed using Organ Chips” |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Robert Holt, BC Cancer Research Institute “Can we vaccinate against the oncomicrobe Fusobacterium nucleatum?” |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Francesco Asnicar, University of Trento “Human gut microbiome as a tool in oncology” |
| 12:30 – 1:30 | Lunch Break |
| 1:30 – 2:15 | Discussion panel: “Commercialization of Microbiome Science” Participants: Damian Cabral (Merck), Anik Debnath (Tenza), Phil Strandwitz (Holobiome), Sabrina Yang (Empress Therapeutics), Koji Yasuda (Fast Track Initiative), Jeremy Wilkinson (PacBio) |
| 2:15 – 2:30 | Ana Nogal, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health “Mapping the gut microbiome signature along the colorectal adenoma-carcinoma continuum” |
| 2:30 – 2:45 | William Nickols, Harvard University “Refining and extending generalized multivariate linear models for meta-omic discovery with MaAsLin 3” |
| 2:45 – 3:15 | Break |
| 3:15 – 3:45 | Florencia McAllister, MD Anderson Cancer Center “Gut-tumors microbial axis in pancreatic cancer and beyond” |
| 3:45 – 4:45 | Marcel van den Brink, City of Hope “The role of the intestinal microbiome in cancer immunotherapy” |
| 4:45 – 5:00 | Closing Remarks |
| 5:00 – 6:30 | Poster Reception (also available online all day) |