Wendy Garrett, MD, PhD
Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Wendy Garrett is a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Garrett’s research focuses on the interplay between the gastrointestinal immune system and the gut microbiota in health, inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer. Her research in mucosal immunology focuses on how the gut microbiota influence both innate and adaptive populations and the contribution of these cells to immune homeostasis and disease. Dr. Garrett has identified both specific species, pathways and metabolites produced by the microbiota that influence health and disease states.