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Erica Grant completed a Master of Public Health (MPH) in One Health at the University of Washington in Seattle in 2018. She joined the Desai lab in 2019 as part of the MICROH (Microbiomes in One Health) doctoral training programme, investigating the impacts of a fiber-deprived diet on the microbiome of gnotobiotic mice in early life. Erica also manages the Luxembourgish Fiber Cohort project (LUXFICO, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04352231), a translational study to investigate effects of low-fiber consumption in humans using multi-omics approaches. In December 2022, Erica successfully defended her PhD thesis and is now continuing research at LIH as a postdoctoral fellow on the B-MARK project, a public-private collaboration building off of the LUXFICO project.
Education/Academic qualification
Master, One Health, University of Washington
Sept 2016 → Jun 2018
Award Date: 8 Jun 2018
Bachelor, Microbiology Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California at Los Angeles
Sept 2011 → Jun 2015
Award Date: 12 Jun 2015
External positions
PhD Student, University of Luxembourg
1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sept 2023
Keywords
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
- Diet
- Personalized nutrition
- Dietary fiber
- Q Science (General)
- Microbiome
- Microbial ecology
- Molecular biology
- Genomics
- Computational biology
- QP Physiology
- Gut health
- Inflammation
- Mucus
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Projects
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MICROH-DTU (Erica Grant): Microbiomes in One Health
Desai, M. (PI) & Grant, E. (PhD Student)
FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Leveraging diet to engineer the gut microbiome
Wolter, M., Grant, E. (Main author), Boudaud, M., Steimle, A., Pereira, G. V., Martens, E. C. & Desai, M. S., Dec 2021, In: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 18, 12, p. 885-902 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
116 Citations (Scopus) -
Dietary fibers boost gut microbiota-produced B vitamin pool and alter host immune landscape
Parrish, A., Grant, E. (Main Author), Boudaud, M., Hunewald, O., Hirayama, A., Ollert, M., Fukuda, S. & Desai, M., 25 May 2022.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
Open Access -
Gut microbiota-mediated impacts of dietary fiber deprivation in gnotobiotic mice and healthy humans
Grant, E., 12 Dec 2022, Luxembourg: University of Luxembourg.Research output: Types of Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
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Non-SCFA microbial metabolites associated with fiber fermentation and host health
Grant, E. T., De Franco, H. & Desai, M. S., Jan 2025, In: Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 36, 1, p. 70-82 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Dietary fibers boost gut microbiota-produced B vitamin pool and alter host immune landscape
Grant, E. T., Parrish, A. (Main author), Boudaud, M., Hunewald, O., Hirayama, A., Ollert, M., Fukuda, S. & Desai, M. S., Dec 2024, In: Microbiome. 12, 1, 179.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)