Dr. Filipa Godoy, from UPR-Medical Sciences Campus
Supplement Titled:
Association of Gut Microbiota with Alzheimer Disease in Puerto Ricans
I am a Microbial Ecologist specializing in microbial community structure and function in humans and animals, integrating metagenomic data with ecology, physiology and bioinformatics. I am currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, and my lab is the only one in Puerto Rico exclusively dedicated to the study of microbial organisms through marker-gene sequencing, shotgun, single cell sequencing and multi-omic approaches. Puerto Rico has some of the highest rates of genital dysbiosis with related sexually transmitted diseases and cancers in the U.S. My group aims to understand population dynamics, as well as individual aspects of such diseases for improved health and wellness. My research in the last 6 years in Puerto Rico as an independent NIH funded PI has been directed to establish evidence for specific associations of microbiota (microbial biomarkers) with cervicovaginal and oral HPV infections in Hispanics. My lab was the first to demonstrate the significant association of high-risk HPV with Malassezia yeast. My research in the last 6 years in Puerto Rico as an independent PI has been directed to establish evidence for specific associations of microbiota (microbial biomarkers) with cervicovaginal and oral HPV infections in Hispanics. My lab was the first to demonstrate the significant association of high-risk HPV with Malassezia yeast and we have been pioneers in microbiome research in the island.
Publications
filipa.godoy@upr.edu