Environmental Stressors Impact Health: Insights From the Brain and Gut Microbiome

December STAR Seminar - Environmental Stressors Impact Health: Insights From the Brain and Gut Microbiome

Arpana Church, PhD

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the brain-gut microbiome system
• Describe how the brain-gut microbiome system is involved in obesity, altered eating behaviors, and mental health outcomes
• Demonstrate how the brain-gut microbiome system is altered by environmental factors
• Discuss various studies demonstrating the influence of environmental factors on the brain-gut microbiome system, with 3 examples highlighting increased risk for obesity
• List 2 examples of how resilience can protect against environmental stressors
• Identify 2 ways the brain and gut can be targets for interventions against environmental stressors