Management Team

Peter Farmakis

MBA, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Biography

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Greg Aronin

MPH, Chief Operating Officer

Biography

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Sharon Ayd

PhD, Chief Regulatory Officer

Biography

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Jeff McCown

Vice President, GI Discovery Platform

Biography

Andrew Headley

MBA, Vice President, Data, Finance, and AI Strategy

Biography

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Kaitlyn Read

PhD, Director, Product Development

Biography

Jessica Fairchild

JD, General Counsel

Biography

Scientific Founders

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John Alverdy

MD, University of Chicago – Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery

Biography

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Eugene Chang

MD, University of Chicago –
Martin Boyer Professor of Medicine

Biography

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Joseph Pierre

PhD, University of Wisconsin – Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences

Biography

Board of Directors

Peter Farmakis

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Frank Cockerill

MD, Trusted Health Advisors, Former CEO Mayo Clinic Labs

Jayson Slotnik

JD, MPH, Health Policy Strategies, Inc.

Eugene Chang​

MD, University of Chicago, Martin Boyer Professor of Medicine

Board Observer

Joseph Pierre

PhD, University of Wisconsin, Assistant
Professor of Nutritional Sciences

Board Observer

Advisory Board

Jack Kalavritinos

JD, JK Strategies, Public Affairs, Former Director in the Office of the Secretary, HHS

Purna Kashyap

MD, Co-director, Microbiome Program, Mayo Clinic

Donald Potter

Cloverfields Capital, Former UHG Executive

Eugene Chang

MD, University of Chicago, Martin Boyer Professor of Medicine 

Joseph Pierre

PhD, University of Wisconsin, Assistant
Professor of Nutritional Sciences

The Chang Lab / Duchossois Family Institute (DFI)

Candace Cham

PhD, Program Manager at The University of Chicago

Orlando DeLeon

PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the University of Chicago

Na Fei

PhD, Research Professional at the University of Chicago

Jason Koval

MS, Laboratory Manager at the University of Chicago

Karen Lolans

Senior Research Technologist at the University of Chicago

Ashley Sidebottom

PhD, Metabolomics Platform Director in the Duchossois Family Institute Host-Microbe Metabolomics Facility at the University of Chicago

Elizabeth Wall

RD, MS, Nutrition Support Specialist at The University of Chicago Medical Center

The Alverdy Lab

Sanjiv Hyoju

MD, PhD, Surgeon and Researcher at the University of Chicago

Olga Zaborina

PhD, Research Professor at the University of Chicago

Alexander Zaborin

PhD, Research Professional III at the University of Chicago

The Pierre Lab