1.0Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease/cgibdElizabeth Prieto/cgibd/author/elizabeth-prieto/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XDjK5xn9yv"><a href="/cgibd/directory/john-rawls-phd/">John Rawls, PhD</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/cgibd/directory/john-rawls-phd/embed/#?secret=XDjK5xn9yv" width="600" height="338" title="“John Rawls, PhD” — Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease" data-secret="XDjK5xn9yv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /cgibd/wp-content/uploads/sites/466/2019/03/John-Rawls-2017s.jpg33545325Research Summary Dr. Rawls has focused his scientific career on understanding how host-microbe interactions in the intestine contribute to digestive physiology, inflammation, and energy balance. His lab uses gnotobiotic, in vivo imaging, genetic, and functional genomic approaches to determine how commensal microorganisms (microbiome or microbiota) interact with vertebrate hosts to regulate those processes. He pioneered … Read more