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Houston SCI Café: Gut Feeling

UTMB’s Institute for Translational Sciences and the Sealy Center for Environmental Health & Medicine invite you to participate in a conversation on Gut Feeling: Microbiome Matters!     

Please join us as we explore and discuss the current knowledge and research related to your gut microbiome.   

This conversation features Sridevi Devaraj, PhD, DABCC, FADLM, FRSC, Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Biochemical Genetics and Point of Care, Texas Children’s Hospital, Director of Laboratories, TCH Specialty Care, Bellaire and Clear Lake, Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Associate Director, Texas Children’s Microbiome Center, and Geoffrey Preidis, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital.

Location: The Health Museum, 1515 Hermann Dr., Houston, Texas 77004 

Date/Time: Thursday, October 24, 2024; 5:45-6:45 PM 

Light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to Claire Hallmark at cchallma@utmb.edu

SCI Café is a community dialogue about science, health and possibilities among community members, researchers and scientists. The purpose is to engage and connect community members with science and science with the local community. Topics for SCI Cafés are driven by community learning interests and discovery from UTMB faculty. 

Event Information

Houston SCI Café: Gut Feeling
, 2024 - -
The Health Museum - 1515 Hermann Drive, Houston, TX 77004
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Event Contacts

Claire Hallmark
(409) 772-9110


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