Sharon Lopez

Sharon Lopez is a Researcher at the University of Minnesota, affiliated with the Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Division. Her work focuses on microbiome research, particularly fecal microbiota transplantation, its applications in inflammatory bowel disease, cystic fibrosis, and pulmonary arterial hypertension, and its implications for antibiotic resistance genes. She has published extensively in journals like JACC: Basic to Translational Science and Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, often collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

• Key Research Areas: Microbiome engineering, colibactin-DNA interactions, nutritional interventions in Crohn's disease.
• Collaboration Network: Active with researchers in microbiology, pulmonology, and gastroenterology.