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Elena Verdu
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Elena Verdu
Professor, Medicine

Overview

I have had a longstanding interest in microbial commensal influence on chronic inflammatory disorders, long before the topic gained center stage in gastroenterology. After completing my MD studies in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I began clinical research training on Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic gastritis at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. This was followed by a Ph.D. degree at …

Other Appointments

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Microbial Therapeutics and Nutrition in Gastroenterology
McMaster University, Hamilton
Senior Associate Editor (Basic Science)
Gastroenterology

Background

Degrees

MD
University of Buenos Aires (1982 - 1987)
Doctorate
Medical physiology, University of Lausanne (1991 - 1995)
PhD
Gnotobiology and immunology, Czech Academy of Science (1996 - 2001)

Postgraduate training

Post doctoral fellow
Gastroenterology, Medicine, McMaster University (2001 - 2006)

Contact

verdue@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 20051