Susan Lynch, PhD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

415-476-6784

Our translational human microbiome research program focuses on gastrointestinal and airway microbiome interactions with host immunity that promote or prevent development/maintenance of chronic inflammatory disease.

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Taking a "populations to molecules" approach we leverage the microbiome to determine the origins of childhood allergy and asthma and the early life molecular and cellular drivers of immune dysfunction that lead to childhood disease development. We also leverage human population studies and clinical trials to gain insights into the role of the gut microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease. Our studies allow us to develop rationally designed microbial therapeutics, leading to the founding of Siolta Therapeutics which is currently testing a lead product developed in our lab for the prevention of childhood allergy and asthma.

Awards

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  • Odell Lecture, University of Wisconsin, 2022
  • Distinguished Lecturer, American Society of Microbiology, 2017-2019
  • Global Thinker, Foreign Policy Magazine, 2016
  • Rebecca Buckley Lectureship, American Association for Allergy Asthma and Immunology, 2015
  • Women in Healthcare, International Innovations, 2014
  • Irish Health and Science award, 2013
  • Dean's Fellow, Stanford University, 2003-2005

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2020
  • PhD Mircobiology University College Dublin 2000
  • BS Microbiology/Biostatistics University College Dublin 1995

Interests

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  • Human Microbiome
  • Inflammation
  • Origins of Allergy/Asthma
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Websites

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Videos

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (169)

Top publication keywords:
SinusitisCystic FibrosisRespiratory SystemPseudomonas aeruginosaProbioticsDysbiosisGastrointestinal MicrobiomeRNA, Ribosomal, 16SMicrobiotaFecesGastrointestinal TractAsthmaBacteriaMetagenomeHypersensitivity

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