Adam Moeser

Adam Moeser, DVM, MS, PhD, is Professor and Matilda R. Wilson Endowed Chair in Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. He also serves as Associate Professor in the Neuroscience Program and directs the Gastrointestinal Stress Biology Laboratory (GISBL), a multidisciplinary team investigating how early-life adversity and biological sex interact to shape lifelong gut-brain axis disorders.

Education:

• BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2000)
• MS, Animal Nutrition, North Carolina State University (2001)
• PhD, Physiology, North Carolina State University (2006)
• DVM, North Carolina State University (2008)
• NIH T32 Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• NIH K08 Award, Duke University (2008)

Research Focus: Dr. Moeser’s NIH-, USDA- and industry-funded program integrates rodent, pig and translational models to dissect the neuro-immune mechanisms by which early-life stress programs mast-cell hyper-responsiveness, intestinal barrier dysfunction, visceral pain and comorbid neurobehavioral disorders such as depression and anxiety. Central themes include:

• Mast-cell biology and sex-specific immune programming
• Brain–gut axis signaling via corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptors
• Epigenetic and transcriptomic reprogramming of innate immune cells
• Translational applications to human IBS, IBD and food allergy

Scientific Awards & Honors:

• Matilda R. Wilson Endowed Chair in Large Animal Clinical Sciences
• NIH K08 Career Development Award (NIDDK)
• NIH T32 Post-doctoral Fellowship (Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease)

Advising & Grants: Dr. Moeser has mentored >20 graduate students and post-docs who have received NIH F30, K01 and NARSAD awards and now hold faculty, industry and clinical positions. His laboratory has been continuously funded since 2008 by multiple NIH R01/R21 grants, USDA-NIFA, and private-industry sponsors.

Laboratory & Team: The Gastrointestinal Stress Biology Laboratory (GISBL) is located in the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine. Current team members include research associate Dr. Yu Ping Tang and PhD student Janelle Victoria LeMon, together with numerous alumni now in academia, industry and clinical residency programs.