Thursday, September 18
2pm ET / 11am PT
Did you know your gut and brain are in constant conversation — and that this connection might hold clues to Parkinson’s disease?
The gut-brain axis refers to the elaborate communication system between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain. Ongoing Parkinson’s disease (PD) research suggests that this cross-talk may not only play a critical role in PD symptoms, but also in the actual development of PD. On the next episode of Dr. Gilbert Hosts, we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Malú Tansey, a world-renowned neuroscientist, who will explore the complicated and fascinating relationship between the gut and PD.
Join us and you will learn:
- How inflammation in the gut can affect the brain
- Gut symptoms that may be related to PD
- What the microbiome is and how it might influence the development of PD
- Potential tips for a healthier gut
Dr. Tansey will answer your questions, so get them ready and register today!
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
DR. MALÚ GÁMEZ TANSEY
Malú Gámez Tansey, PhD, is a Professor of Neurology and the James A. Caplin MD, Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease at Indiana University School of Medicine and Director of Neuroimmunology Research Group & Executive Associate Director of Education at the Stark Neuroscience Research Institute.
Her lab focuses on the role of inflammation and immune system responses in brain health and neurodegenerative disease, with particular focus on central-peripheral neuroimmune crosstalk and the gut-brain axis, with the long-term goal of developing better therapies to prevent and/or delay these diseases.
Dr. Tansey obtained her B.S/M.S in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and her PhD in Cell Regulation from UT Southwestern, followed by post-doctoral work in neuroscience at Washington University. As head of Chemical Genetics at Xencor, she co-invented novel soluble TNF inhibitors that have now advanced to clinical trials in Alzheimer’s disease. She returned to academia as an Assistant Professor of Physiology at UT Southwestern in 2002 and was recruited to Emory University School of Medicine as a tenured Associate Professor in 2009. After 10 years at Emory and rising to the rank of Full Professor where she earned several mentoring awards from students and faculty for her efforts in championing early-stage investigators, women and other under-represented groups in STEM, in 2019 she was recruited to the Department of Neuroscience in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida as the Norman and Susan Fixel Chair in Neuroscience and Neurology and Director of the Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease. She also served on the executive committees for the McKnight Brain Institute and the Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases. In January 2025, Tansey moved her lab to Indiana University School of Medicine, where she continues her ground-breaking research in neuroimmunology and neuroinflammation.