Dr. Elizabeth P. Ryan is a Professor in the Radiation Cancer Biology and Oncology section of ERHS. She received her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Rochester in 2003 and 2006, respectively. Her research explores the complex interactions of food components with gut microbiota and the immune system. Her interests span both enteric disease and cancer control and prevention, with collaborators and translational application to the broader fields of microbiology, immunology, oncology, pediatrics, and nutrition. Her global health research program also includes developing innovative solutions to food systems that will enhance food security. The multi-platform research strategy for the research group covers molecular biology, laboratory animal models, companion animals, and human trials. She also holds joint appointments with the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at CSU, the Colorado School of Public Health, and the University of Colorado Cancer Center.
Dr. Taru Dutt holds a Ph.D., and has five years of research experience and two years of teaching experience. She has been working in the immunology field since 2012, first as a research associate at Lady Hardinge Medical College, where she studied the role of Th1 and Th2 cytokines ratio in infertility. She joined a Ph.D. program in 2013, where she studied the interaction of nanoparticles with the immune system. She was awarded with National Fellowship from the Indian Council of Medical Research throughout her Ph.D. She moved to Fort Collins as a post-doctoral fellow in the Henao-Tamayo lab, where she started studying vaccine candidates for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Currently, she is keen to evaluate the effect of non-tuberculous Mycobacterium (NTM) on protective efficacy of BCG towards Mtb. She has seven years of flow cytometry experience, and her interest is to design and perform polychromatic flow cytometry.
Dr. Mariana Angoa-Perez has a broad background in neuroscience, with specific training on animal behavior, histopathology, molecular neurochemistry, and bioinformatics. She has contributed to studies on the role of serotonin in several neurophysiological processes and neuropathology through the use of a transgenic mouse model lacking this neurotransmitter in the brain. In addition, she has examined the neurotoxicity induced by nerve agents, substituted amphetamines, and other agents to the dopamine and serotonin neuronal systems. She later contributed substantially to the development of a highly relevant mouse model of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury. In the course of her research, she has obtained considerable expertise in studies evaluating the communication between the brain and the gut microbiome in multi-symptom disorders.
