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2026

Pittsburgh Rust Belt

Microbiome Conference

HOSTS

N. Luisa Hiller, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Barbara Methé, PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Drew Bridges, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

EVENT ORGANIZATION

Cindy Vinkovich, University of Pittsburgh/Center for Medicine and the Microbiome

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Philip Ahern, PhD, Cleveland Clinic

Catherine Armbruster, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Drew Bridges, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Laty Cahoon, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Jan Claesen, PhD, Cleveland Clinic

Vaughn Cooper, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Tim Hand, PhD, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

N. Luisa Hiller, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Gina Lewin, PhD, Case Western Reserve University

Barbara Methé, PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Alison Morris, MD, MS, Rutgers University

Apollo Stacy, PhD, Cleveland Clinic

Daria Van Tyne, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Vincent Young, PhD, University of Michigan

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