The Record

The father of the microbiome

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, of the School of Medicine, is expanding our understanding of human health by studying our gut bacteria. The research suggests you are what you — and your microbes — eat.

$3.5 million funds study of rare tumor disorder

David H. Gutmann, MD, PhD, an international leader in neurofibromatosis research, received a $3.5 million grant to study why people with a genetic mutation that causes the genetic disorder known as NF1 develop markedly different signs and symptoms.

Brownson awarded $2.6 million grant for cancer research

University health researcher Ross Brownson has received a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a study examining poor implementation of cancer-control programs.