Susan Lynch, PhD

Professor Lynch is the Director of the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine. Her research at the Lynch Lab focuses on the role of microbiomes in the origins and chronicity of inflammatory diseases. Leveraging principles of microbial physiology with ecological theory, her research program strives to understand human microbiome genesis, establishment, and influence on human immunity. Studies integrate clinical outcomes with large multi-dimensional human microbiome datasets. Researchers at the Lynch Lab strive to determine microbial-derived mechanisms that promote immune function and programming that contributes to the origins of childhood asthma and to established inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease.

The Science of Microbiome and Disease

Professor Susan Lynch explores the groundbreaking potential of the human microbiome in predicting, preventing, and managing disease, highlighting cutting-edge interventions like microbial transplants and biomarker sequencing.