Mind Body Microbiome

Mind Body

Microbiome

Take a look

The brain in

Nature

Why are we drawn to the countryside, the coast and the forest? Science can answer that.

And we can use it to improve our wellbeing.

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microbiome

and behaviour

By looking at a baby's microbiome we may be able to predict what type of behaviour they will have as a child.

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Infant

Oral microbiome

and

Brain Health

The microbiome in the mouth and gums could be a way of controlling Alzheimer's Disease...

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the microbiome

Measuring

As the microbiome field is relatively new, we need to develop and use robust methods and practices for measuring it.

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Amy Loughman, PhD

I am passionate about how the environments we live and work in, affect our wellbeing.

I want to share the science about how the world around us - from our homes, workplaces, natural spaces, microbes and more - impact our brain health.

Let's use the science to improve our wellbeing at home, at work and beyond.

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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Food & Mood Centre

Read my work

Loughman, A., Quinn, T., Nation, M.L., Reichelt, A., Moore, R.J., Van, TTH., Sung, V & Tang, M.L.K., 2020. Infant microbiota in colic: predictive associations with problem crying and subsequent child behavior. Journal of the Developmental Origins of Health & Disease. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174420000227

Loughman, A., & Staudacher, H. 2020. Treating the individual with diet: is gut microbiome testing the answer? The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 5, 5, 437.

Loughman, A., Ponsonby, A.L., O'Hely, M., Symeonides, C., Collier, F., Tang, M.L., Carlin, J., Ranganathan, S., ... & Vuillermin, P., 2020. Gut microbiota composition during infancy and subsequent behavioural outcomes. EBioMedicine, 52, p.102640.

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How does nature relate to wellbeing?

What is the microbiome?

How does the microbiome affect me?

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