Purpose
The Mountain West Microbiome Alliance brings together researchers from the Mountain West region of the US, intending to create a synergistic community of researchers focused on the role on the role of the microbiota in human health and how this research can transform healthcare.
Get Involved
Join Our Listserv
We have created a listserv so that we can easily communicate with individuals interested in being part of the Mountain West Microbiome Alliance. This link will allow you to add your name or others that you may think are relevant to this group. You can also forward this link to individuals that you think are interested so that they can add themselves.
Become a Member
If you know of other relevant faculty members who would like to be added as a member, please have them email Nikki Forrest with their name, affiliation, rank, head shot, and list of research interests.
Resources from Participating Institutions
Mountain West Microbiome Alliance resources from Participating Institutions
Faculty Members
Matt Bettini, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah
J. Gregory Caporaso, PhD
Professor, Departments of Biological Sciences and Computer Science, Northern Arizona University
James Colbert, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Hospital
Sean P. Colgan, PhD
Joel Levine-Fred Kern Chair in IBD Research, Professor of Medicine and Immunology, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Breck Duerkop, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus.
Gianna E. Hammer, PhD
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah
J. Kirk Harris, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Roland Hatzenpichler, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University
John M. Inadomi, MD
Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair and Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah
Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, PhD
Director Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes, Arizona State University
Kristi Kuhn, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine and of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Daniel T. Leung, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Disease), University of Utah
Christopher A. Lowry, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder
Catherine Lozupone, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Charles Murtaugh, PhD
Associate Professor of Human Genetics, University of Utah
Matthew A. Mulvey, PhD
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Utah
Ryan O'Connell, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Utah
Kyla Ost, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Laura A. Pace, MD, PhD
Director of Neurogastroenterology, Metrodora Institute
Brent Palmer, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Utah
Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology
Nichole Reisdorph, PhD
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
June L. Round, PhD
H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair, Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah
Naomi Schlesinger, MD
Harold J. Ardella T. and Helen T. Stevenson Presidential Chair in Rheumatology, Professor and Chief, Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah
W. Zac Stephens, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Utah
Amiko Uchida, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah
Seth Walk, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University
Tiffany L. Weir, PhD
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University
Jaclyn Winter, PhD
Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah