Suzanne Devkota, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Cedars-Sinai Division of Gastroenterology and Director of the Cedars Human microbiome Research Institute. Her lab studies the role of the gut microbiome in inflammatory and metabolic diseases originating in the GI tract. Her research into dietary impacts on host-microbe interactions has led to some of the first mechanistic insights into why diseases such as IBD, diabetes, and food allergies have rapidly increased over the last 50-100 years.