Immunity Puts You on the Throne

Our intestine functions primarily as the body's waste disposal & sewage system. Over the last couple of decades, science has developed a greater understanding that the "waste disposal" capacity of the intestine is tightly regulated by many distinct cues.

During my talk, I will discuss insights into how our immune system is at the center of regulating excretion and about how our intestines are a lot smarter than we initially thought!

Dr. Mihir Pendse

Mihir did his Ph.D at UT Southwestern Medical Center studying the ways our immune system regulates how we poop. As a postdoctoral researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering, he studied how that inflammation during certain digestive diseases affects gut health and peristalsis. He now works as a medical strategist for an advertising and marketing firm in NYC.

Find out more about Mihir and his work on LinkedIn.