Renuka Nayak, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Dr. Renuka Nayak, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist dedicated to advancing the care and treatment of patients with rheumatologic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriatic arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases. She uses her unique backgrounds in Biology, Computer Science, and Clinical Rheumatology to investigate the role of the human gut microbiome in the treatment of autoimmune disease. She uses an innovative combination of patient specimens, microbiology, next generation sequencing, and gnotobiotic mouse models to better understand how our microbiome, which many consider our "second genome," influences health and disease.

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Presentation(s):

• Bugs, Drugs, and Autoimmunity: The Impact of the Gut Microbiome on the Treatment of Rheumatic Disease

  Tuesday, October 18, 2022
  10:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET