Northern Arizona University
City: Flagstaff
Amount: $100000
Award Date: 2018
Duration: 24 months
Program Area: Bioscience
Partnership with Mayo Clinic Arizona to determine whether prebiotic fiber supplementation leads to improved clinical asthma outcomes; the study is built on recognition that diet rapidly influences the microbiome, which in turn, may influence inflammatory airway diseases via a gut microbiome-airway axis. This grant is awarded under the Flinn Foundation Translational Research in Precision Medicine Seed Grant Initiative to support research collaborations between basic scientists and clinical researchers.