Autism is thought to affect 1/16 kids by 2033
How did we get here?
What can we learn from COVID that can help us figure out the etiology behind autism?
Is autism a brain etiology or a gut etiology?
What are the treatment options in the future to look for?
The lecture will look at findings from the microbiome of over 100 families with autism to assess similar and different microbes that could possibly help us differentiate gut vs brain pathway within the families.
Born in Morocco, Dr. Sabine Hazan has always been dedicated to understanding life. She sought a career in medicine and was accepted to medical school based on outstanding research on obesity conducted as an undergraduate. She completed her residency at the University of Miami during the peak of the HIV epidemic, treating extremely ill patients at Jackson Memorial Hospital and in the local jail. There, she was awarded two prizes for her research. After completing her residency, Dr. Hazan became the first woman gastroenterology fellow at the University of Florida. There, she completed a year of research and presented her findings in poster format at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) National Meeting. It was at that moment that she was approached by the esteemed Dr. Neil Stollman. He told her that the future of medicine lies in the microbiome. For her exceptional work with visceral hyperalgesia she was awarded the Dean’s Research Award. Dr. Stollman is now an expert and leader on fecal transplant and Clostridioidesdifficile (C.diff) and serves on the governing board of the ACG.
