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Preventive Health Pioneer Dr. Michael McNamara Joins uBiome’s Advisory Board
uBiome, the leader in microbial genomics, welcomes Dr. Michael McNamara to its scientific advisory board. Dr. McNamara is the Medical Director at Dr. McNamara Premium Healthcare in Monaco, which specializes in preventive diagnostics using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and CT scanning along with blood analysis to produce a complete medical check-up. Dr. McNamara grew up in the U.S., undertaking his university and medical studies at the University of Michigan, followed by an internship in medicine and surgery in San Diego, California. He subsequently specialized in Radiology and Advanced Heart Scanning at UCSF...
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uBiome Awards Microbiome Impact Grant to Explore Effects of Heavy Drinking and Smoking on Oral Microbiome
Microbial genomics leader uBiome is awarding in-kind scientific grants to ground-breaking microbiome studies. A microbiome impact grant award has been made to Dr. Renato Polimanti of Yale University School of Medicine, who will study the effect of heavy smoking and drinking on the oral microbiome. Grant proposals have been vetted by the company’s scientific review committee. Dr. Polimanti is a genetic epidemiologist working in the Division of Human Genetics of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine...
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uBiome CEO Dr. Jessica Richman to Deliver Opening Keynote at American Medical Informatics Association Symposium
Jessica Richman, PhD, co-founder and CEO of the leading microbial genomics company, uBiome, will present the opening keynote address at the 2016 American Medical Informatics Association’s (AMIA) Annual Symposium, to be held in Chicago from November 12 - 16. The AMIA and its members aim to transform healthcare through trusted science, education, and practice in biomedical and health informatics. Jessica Richman, PhD, will join two other keynote speakers at the AMIA Symposium – Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, Director of the NIH National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland and Eric Horvitz, MD, PhD, Technical Fellow and Director of the Microsoft Research Lab in Redmond...
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uBiome Launches First Microbiome App Using ResearchKit; Initial focus is on Relationship Between Gut Bacteria and Weight Loss
iPhone users can now explore their gut bacteria, and also contribute to research about the relationship between the microbiome and human body weight with the launch of a ground-breaking app launched by the microbiome-testing company uBiome, which uses the ResearchKit framework designed by Apple. The app itself is free, and the first 1,000 users will also qualify for free microbiome testing, usually priced at $89.
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