Maria Andrea Azcarate Peril
Professor of Microbiology University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Seminars
Wednesday 11th November 2026
Transitioning from Observational to Causal Evidence to Strengthen Preventive Medicine Credibility for Probiotics & Prebiotics
10:15 am
- Challenging the bias toward curative medicine by demonstrating how probiotics and prebiotics deliver measurable preventive health benefits including cognitive decline prevention and gut microbiota restoration
- Addressing regulatory gaps created by insufficient evidence standards that allow unsubstantiated probiotic claims to undermine scientifically credible preventive microbiome interventions
- Improving scientific communication of existing probiotic and prebiotic research to build clinical and regulatory credibility for preventive medicine applications in mainstream healthcare
