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Coffee Talk: "The World Within: Fostering our children's gut microbiome with food to maximize their health and success"

Date
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Location
Tower House
860 Escondido Rd.
Stanford, CA 94305
Image of Sean Spencer, the speaker of the event.

Hosted by Dr. Sean Spencer, Gastroenterologist, Physician Scientist, and Bing parent.

Sean Spencer, MD,PhD is a Gastroenterologist and Physician Scientist at Stanford University working with Justin Sonennburg, PhD to uncover the role of dietary intake on the gut microbiome and mucosal immune system. Sean obtained his medical degree University of Pennsylvania, earning his PhD studying nutritional immunology with Yasmine Belkaid,PhD at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), after which he moved to Boston for residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital and completed his Gastroenterology training at Stanford University. Sean’s career goal is to study mechanisms by which dietary intake influences our microbiome and immune system to better understand and treat gastrointestinal disease.

Join us for a conversation about fostering children's gut microbiomes with food to support their health and wellbeing.

Open to adults of the currently enrolled Bing Nursery School community.