Kristina Martinez-Guryn PhD, RD

Dr. Kristina Martinez-Guryn is an Associate Professor in the Biomedical Sciences Department at Midwestern University located in Downers Grove, Illinois. She received her PhD from the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and completed her postdoctoral training under the direction of Dr. Eugene Chang, a leader in the gut microbiome field, in the Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the University of Chicago. The major goals of the Martinez-Guryn lab are to 1) understand how diet impacts the composition and function of the gut microbiota and mycobiota, particularly in the small intestine, 2) understand how diet-microbe interactions influence host intestinal fat absorption and metabolism, and 3) to find novel ways to fight obesity and type 2 diabetes through targeting the gut microbiome. Dr. Martinez-Guryn has funding from the NIH NIDDK to explore the role of small intestinal fungi in regulating host intestinal fat absorption and also to examine the differential effects of fecal vs small bowel microbiota transplants on host immunity and metabolism.