The “gut microbiome” is the collection of bacteria and other micro-organisms (e.g., fungi, viruses, yeast) that lives in our gut. Over the first few years of life, a child’s gut microbiome rapidly develops and plays a key role in shaping their health and disease throughout life. Unfortunately, infants born very low birth weight (VLBW) develop gut microbiomes that increase their risk of disease. We are interested in studying how to change the gut microbiomes of VLBW infants to

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Our newest research led by PhD Candidate, Michelle Asbury, has found that mothers of preterm babies have highly individual breast milk...