The Human Gut Microbiome and Health: Insights from System-Level Models
There has been a revolution in medical thinking based on the large number of diseases that have been associated with alterations in the composition of the human microbiome. Examples include autism, allergies, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD), diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, and neurological disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). A major research challenge is to see how one can dynamically manipulate and move the complex microbial system away from a disease state towards a healthy state. This talk will illustrate the important role of system-level models in the context of our research on ASD. Modeling tools from mathematics and artificial intelligence are used to obtain insights into the role of the human gut microbiome in health and disease.
Dr. Prasad Dhurjati is a Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Delaware. His research specialization is in Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, and Systems Medicine. He is the author of over 100 research publications in leading journals with over 2400 citations. In 1986, he was awarded the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award by President Ronald Reagan. In 2004, he was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. In 1988-89, he was a visiting scientist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and he has also been a visiting professor at the University of Lyon, France, VNIT, India and University of Toronto, Canada.
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