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Microbiome Science: Concepts and Impacts for Clinical Medicine
January 2 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
AMWA Nutrition Committee presents a special webinar: Microbiome Science: Concepts and Impacts for Clinical Medicine
Guest Speaker: Cynthia L. Sears, MD

Cynthia L. Sears, M.D. is Professor of Medicine, Oncology and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Through her work as an infectious diseases specialist, she studies how bacteria and the microbiome impact gut diseases, particularly human colon cancer. She has long been an active member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), serving as President of IDSA in 2019, is an AAAS Fellow and is currently Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, the flagship journal of the IDSA.
January 2, 2026 at 7:00 – 8pm ET