The Human Gut Microbiome: Relationships to Nutrition, Obesity, and Eating Disorders
Name
Audrey Roberts
Major
Molecular Bioscience / Cell and Molecular Biology
Class
2023
About
Audrey Roberts is a Cell and Molecular Biology major at Duke Kunshan University, graduating with the class of 2023.
Signature Work Project Overview
My Signature Work project is a literature review encompassing 31 studies, journal articles, and papers on the topic of the human gut microbiome and its interactions in human nutrition, obesity, and eating disorders. Throughout this literature review, I characterize the human gut microbiome and explore how it affects personal nutrition. I also discuss obesity and eating disorders, and investigate possible therapies for these diseases that take advantage of their interactions with the gut microbiome.