Bio
Wendy Garrett is the Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard  T. H. Chan School of Public Health and a Professor of Medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. She is co-director and co-founder of the Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center. Dr. Garrett’s team explores  interactions between the gut microbiome and the immune system, both in physiological and pathological conditions, with a focus on inflammatory bowel diseases and colorectal cancer. Her team has identified microbial species, functions, and metabolites influencing host health and disease by using an interdisciplinary approach bridging meta’omics, microbiology, cellular immunology, biochemistry, cell biology, and cancer biology. The mission of Dr. Garrett’s lab is to identify basic biologic mechanisms to be applied to precision medicine.