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Neeraj K Surana is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Duke University School of Medicine, with joint appointments in Cell Biology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology. He is also a member of the Duke Cancer Institute, focusing on integrating gnotobiotic models with immunology to study microbiota-host interactions.
- Education: MD/PhD from Washington University School of Medicine, Residency/Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Research interests include:
- Identifying immunomodulatory commensal bacteria (e.g., Clostridium immunis)
- Molecular mechanisms of host-microbe interactions
- Microbiome-based therapies for metabolic diseases & colitis
- Microbial regulation of intestinal lipid metabolism
Recent article trends demonstrate expertise in:
- Microbiome-wide association studies
- Metabolite-mediated immune regulation
- Translational pediatric microbiome research
- Pathogen-microbiota competition dynamics
Scientific awards:
- Nature Awards Microbiome Accelerator
- Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award (2019)
- DSMM Director appointment
Grants include:
- NIAID Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (STARR) (2018-2029)
- NIGMS Medical Scientist Training Program (2022-2027)
- NIDDK Duke Training Grant in Digestive Diseases (1988-2027)
- NIH Interdisciplinary AIDS Training Program (2010-2026)
- NIH Regulation of metabolic diseases by Clostridium immunis (2024-2026)
Laboratory work employs microbe–phenotype triangulation methodology to identify causal microbiota members, with current human sample extensions for microbiome discovery in multiple disease processes.
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