Description
Contribution of gut microbiota towards malaria in
African children: new points of intervention?
Monday, January 27, 2025 at 12 PM EST
Nathan Schmidt, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Director, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research
Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health
Indiana University School of Medicine
ABSTRACT:
Dr. Schmidt’s research is focused on malaria, with a specific interest in defining the factors that impact the pathogenesis of this disease and identifying novel approaches to prevent children from dying from malaria. One of the observations made by Dr. Schmidt’s research program was that the composition of bacteria residing within the intestinal tract can profoundly impact the severity of malaria. The influence of gut microbiota on malaria remains a central focus of his research interests. His laboratory uses the murine model of malaria and samples collected from African children participating in clinical cohort studies.
BIO:
Nathan Schmidt, PhD, received a BS in Biology from Olivet Nazarene University in 2001 and a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Indiana University in 2005. He did postdoctoral work at the University of Iowa. Dr. Schmidt joined the faculty in the University of Tennessee in 2011 and then the faculty in the University of Louisville in 2014. In 2019, Dr. Schmidt was recruited to the faculty at Indiana University School of Medicine as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and a member of Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health.
WEBSITE:
https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/12491/schmidt-nathan
https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty-labs/schmidt