Thaddeus Stappenbeck, MD, PhD, the Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected to the Association of American Physicians in recognition of his work advancing biomedical science, medicine or health through innovative research.
Stappenbeck, who is also professor of developmental biology and co-director of the Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, studies how the intestinal microbiome promotes health or causes disease by interacting with the cells that form the inner surface of the intestine as well as immune and other cells in the gut.
Read more on the School of Medicine site.