09/21/2026
By Jillian MacLean
Join us for a Center for Population Health seminar with Ana Maldonado-Contreras, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. All are welcome!
- Date: Thursday, Sept. 24
- Time: 12:30–1:30 p.m.
- Location: HSSB 342, UMass Lowell
- Zoom:Join via Zoom
Harnessing Diet to Reshape the Microbiome and Improve Outcomes: Lessons from Two Clinical Trials in Pregnant Women and Puerto Ricans with IBD
Diet is one of the most powerful and modifiable factors shaping the gut microbiome. Dr. Maldonado-Contreras will share findings from two clinical trials exploring how perinatal and culturally tailored dietary interventions can improve maternal and pregnancy outcomes, infant microbiome development, diet quality and quality of life among Puerto Rican patients with IBD.