Is Gut Health the Future of Medicine?

Today, we’re flipping the script to talk about the gut microbiome, nutrition, and overall health with an expert in this evolving field who just happens to be the co-host of this podcast--Leigh Frame, PhD, MHS, Director of Integrative Medicine Programs, Executive Director of the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health, and Associate Director of the Resiliency & Well-being Center, here at GW. A nutrition scientist by training, she brings nutrition and immunity together through clinical, translational research. Dr. Frame and Emily Ho, PhD, Director of the Linus Pauling Institute and a professor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University, have an in depth discussion on the gut microbiome and nutrition. Dr. Frame will give a presentation on this topic during LPI's Diet and Optimum Health Conference on Thursday, October 7, 2021 - 1:15pm to 3:30pm. Register for this free online event today at lpiconference.org. ​Dr. Frame's other interests include the consequences of malnutrition in obesity, vitamin D as an immune modulatory hormone, research ethics, and social media.​ Her T-shaped expertise in health, wellness, science, and medicine were developed through her wide-ranging experience in biomedical research (from wet bench to clinical research) and overseeing research and education programs.​ She is working to build a GW Integrative Medicine research program while directing the graduate education programs and the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health. ​ While working at the Johns Hopkins Center for Bariatric Surgery, ​she earned her PhD in Human Nutrition from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and also received a Master of Health Science in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology from the same school. ◘ Related Content GW Integrative Medicine Programs https://smhs.gwu.edu/integrative-medicine/ Linus Pauling Institute https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/ Latest Research and Review on the Human Microbiome https://www.nature.com/subjects/microbiome Emeran May