Meenakshi Rao
Login to view DISC.Dr. Meenakshi Rao is an accomplished physician-scientist and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, she is a Principal Investigator at Boston Childrens Hospital, leading a research program in enteric neurobiology focused on the guts intrinsic nervous system and its role in digestive diseases.
Outside of her direct research, Dr. Rao is passionate about fostering the next generation of scientists, evidenced by her role as Associate Director of the Harvard Fellowship Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and her public celebration of student achievements. She also emphasizes making complex science accessible to broader audiences.
Her lab discovered how C. difficile toxins hijack the guts neural circuits to drive inflammation, opening new, non-antibiotic treatment avenues for C. diff infections.
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