Free
60mins
IMMUNITY SERIES – PART 2
GUT HEALTH & IMMUNITY THROUGH THE LIFECOURSE
Dr Caroline Elizabeth Childs
IMMUNITY SERIES – PART 2
GUT HEALTH & IMMUNITY THROUGH THE LIFECOURSE
Dr Caroline Elizabeth Childs
20 MAY 8-9PM
Free
60mins
Nutrition is a critical determinant of immune responses. Get up to speed with the very latest credible evidence with leading global expert Dr Caroline Childs in this three-part immunity series on MyNutriWeb
CONTENT AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF:
- How immune function develops in early life and declines with age
- The role of environment exposures on the gut microbiome in early life
- The interactions between the gut microbiome and the immune system
BE AWARE OF:
- The acquired and innate arms of the immune response over the lifecourse
- How a ‘leaky gut’ may cause inflammation within the gut and beyond
- How diet, functional foods or faecal transplants might be used to improve gut health
- References for appropriate further reading
BE ABLE TO:
- Consider the context and intervention window when assessing scientific evidence
- Consider the key role that other organs such as the liver and brain are likely to have in gut health
and immunity
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Expert speaker
Dr Caroline Elizabeth Childs BSc (Hons) PhD RNutr
Dr Caroline Childs is Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences within Medicine at the University of Southampton.
Dr Childs research focuses on fatty acids, probiotics, and prebiotics, and their role in immune function, inflammatory status, immunosenescence and the gut microbiota. Dr Childs is currently a Member of the ILSI Europe Expert Group on Immune Competence and Co-Chair of ILSI Europe’s Nutrition, Immunity and Inflammation Task Force.
Dr Childs holds considerable expertise in flow cytometry, and led a working group responsible for the development of flow cytometry facilities at the University of Reading, and was appointed as a specialist advisor to the Food Standards Agency on the conduct and interpretation of analytical flow cytometry.
In 2018 Dr Childs received both the student-nominated SUSU Faculty of Medicine most engaging lecturer award and the staff-nominated Faculty of Medicine teaching award. Colleagues nominated Dr Childs for teaching excellence in BM5, BM6 and MSc Public Health, and for her outreach activities including inspiring school age children via LifeLab’s ‘Meet the Scientist’ sessions.
Dr Childs is an academic integrity officer for the Faculty of Medicine and member of Communications Committee of Institute of Developmental Sciences. Her external education commitments include a post as external examiner for the BSc Biology of Health and Disease at Liverpool John Moores University and visiting lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire.
Dr Childs has an active role in professional societies and is a Nutrition Society Ambassador for the University of Southampton, and is South East Regional Representative for the Association for Nutrition. Dr Childs is Associate Editor on the Editorial Board of Nutritional Immunology, a specialty of Frontiers in Immunology and Nutrition, and an Editorial Board member of The Journal of Nutrition and Nutrition Bulletin.
WEBINAR HOST AND MODERATOR
Tanya Haffner, MD RD Nutrilicious.
CPD CERTIFICATE & LEARNING MATERIALS
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This webinar is kindly supported by the Bimuno science & nutrition team at Clasado biosciences
The research journey for Bimuno started at the University of Reading. Since 2008, Clasado has completed over 20 clinical trials exploring the effects of modulating the gut microbiota. The science behind Bimuno is one of the most comprehensive of any commercially available prebiotic supplement. Bimuno’s safety and efficacy is now supported by over 80 scientific publications.
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