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Eric Skaar

Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4)
Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center (VDDRC)
Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology (VCI)
Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB)


We study the impact of nutrition on the outcome of infectious diseases with a focus on both sides of the host-pathogen interaction.

We study the impact of nutrition on the outcome of infectious diseases with a focus on both sides of the host-pathogen interaction.

Keywords: Microbial Pathogenesis , Nutrition , Microbiome , Infectious Diseases , Microbiology , Bacteriology

Research Area: Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism , Host-Pathogen Interactions , Bacteriology , Chemical Biology , Proteomics/Metabolomics , Evolution