Susan Lynch, PhD

PROF IN RES-HCOMP
M_MED-CORE-GAST-GEN
+1 415 476-6784

Our translational human microbiome research program focuses on gastrointestinal and airway microbiome interactions with host immunity that promote or prevent development/maintenance of chronic inflammatory disease. Taking a "populations to molecules" approach we leverage the microbiome to determine the origins of childhood allergy and asthma and the early life molecular and cellular drivers of immune dysfunction that lead to childhood disease development. We also leverage human population studies and clinical trials to gain insights into the role of the gut microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease. Our studies allow us to develop rationally designed microbial therapeutics, leading to the founding of Siolta Therapeutics which is currently testing a lead product developed in our lab for the prevention of childhood allergy and asthma.

Publications

Clinical translation of microbiome research.

Nature medicine

Gilbert JA, Azad MB, Bäckhed F, Blaser MJ, Byndloss M, Chiu CY, Chu H, Dugas LR, Elinav E, Gibbons SM, Gilbert KE, Henn MR, Ishaq SL, Ley RE, Lynch SV, Segal E, Spector TD, Strandwitz P, Suez J, Tropini C, Whiteson K, Knight R

Early-life wheeze trajectories are associated with distinct asthma transcriptomes later in life.

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology

Phelan KJ, Roskin KM, Burkle JW, Chang WC, Martin LJ, Biagini JM, Satish L, Haslam DB, Spagna D, Jenkins S, Parmar E, Bacharier LB, Gebretsadik T, Gill M, Gold DR, Jackson DJ, Johnson CC, Lynch SV, McCauley KE, McKennan CG, Miller R, Ober C, Ownby DR, Ryan PH, Schoettler N, Singh S, Visness CM, Altman MC, Gern JE, Khurana Hershey GK, Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes–Children’s Respiratory and Environmental Workgroup

VMAP: Vaginal Microbiome Atlas during Pregnancy.

JAMIA open

Parraga-Leo A, Oskotsky TT, Oskotsky B, Wibrand C, Roldan A, Tang AS, Ha CWY, Wong RJ, Minot SS, Andreoletti G, Kosti I, Theis KR, Ng S, Lee YS, Diaz-Gimeno P, Bennett PR, MacIntyre DA, Lynch SV, Romero R, Tarca AL, Stevenson DK, Aghaeepour N, Golob JL, Sirota M

Microbiome preterm birth DREAM challenge: Crowdsourcing machine learning approaches to advance preterm birth research.

Cell reports. Medicine

Golob JL, Oskotsky TT, Tang AS, Roldan A, Chung V, Ha CWY, Wong RJ, Flynn KJ, Parraga-Leo A, Wibrand C, Minot SS, Oskotsky B, Andreoletti G, Kosti I, Bletz J, Nelson A, Gao J, Wei Z, Chen G, Tang ZZ, Novielli P, Romano D, Pantaleo E, Amoroso N, Monaco A, Vacca M, De Angelis M, Bellotti R, Tangaro S, Kuntzleman A, Bigcraft I, Techtmann S, Bae D, Kim E, Jeon J, Joe S, Preterm Birth DREAM Community, Theis KR, Ng S, Lee YS, Diaz-Gimeno P, Bennett PR, MacIntyre DA, Stolovitzky G, Lynch SV, Albrecht J, Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Stevenson DK, Aghaeepour N, Tarca AL, Costello JC, Sirota M

Microbiome Preterm Birth DREAM Challenge: Crowdsourcing Machine Learning Approaches to Advance Preterm Birth Research.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Golob JL, Oskotsky TT, Tang AS, Roldan A, Chung V, Ha CWY, Wong RJ, Flynn KJ, Parraga-Leo A, Wibrand C, Minot SS, Andreoletti G, Kosti I, Bletz J, Nelson A, Gao J, Wei Z, Chen G, Tang ZZ, Novielli P, Romano D, Pantaleo E, Amoroso N, Monaco A, Vacca M, Angelis M, Bellotti R, Tangaro S, Kuntzleman A, Bigcraft I, Techtmann S, Bae D, Kim E, Jeon J, Joe S, Preterm Birth DREAM Community, Theis KR, Ng S, Lee Li YS, Bennett PR, MacIntyre DA, Stolovitzky G, Lynch SV, Albrecht J, Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Stevenson DK, Aghaeepour N, Tarca AL, Costello JC, Sirota M

VMAP: Vaginal Microbiome Atlas During Pregnancy.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Leo AP, Oskotsky TT, Oskotsky B, Wibrand C, Roldan A, Tang A, Ha CWY, Wong RJ, Minot SS, Andreoletti G, Kosti I, Theis KR, Ng S, Lee YS, Diaz-Gimeno P, Bennett PR, MacIntyre DA, Lynch SV, Romero R, Tarca AL, Stevenson DK, Aghaeepour N, Golob J, Sirota M

Seasonal Airway Microbiome and Transcriptome Interactions Promote Childhood Asthma Exacerbations.

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology

McCauley KE, Flynn K, DiMassa V, LaMere B, Fadrosh DW, Lynch KV, Gill MA, Pongracic JA, Khurana Hershey GK, Kercsmar CM, Liu AH, Johnson CC, Kim H, Kattan M, O'Connor GT, Bacharier LB, Teach SJ, Gergen PJ, Wheatley LM, Togias A, LeBeau P, Calatroni A, Presnell S, Boushey HA, Busse WW, Gern JE, Jackson DJ, Altman MC, Lynch SV, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-sponsored Inner-City Asthma Consortium

Impaired antibacterial immune signaling and changes in the lung microbiome precede secondary bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Tsitsiklis A, Zha BS, Byrne A, Devoe C, Levan S, Rackaityte E, Sunshine S, Mick E, Ghale R, Jauregui A, Sarma A, Neff N, Serpa PH, Deiss TJ, Kistler A, Carrillo S, Ansel KM, Leligdowicz A, Christenson S, Jones N, Wu B, Darmanis S, Matthay MA, Lynch SV, DeRisi JL, COMET Consortium+ , Hendrickson CM, Kangelaris KN, Krummel MF, Woodruff PG, Erle DJ, Rosenberg O, Calfee CS, Langelier CR

Gut microbiome is associated with multiple sclerosis activity in children.

Annals of clinical and translational neurology

Horton MK, McCauley K, Fadrosh D, Fujimura K, Graves J, Ness J, Wheeler Y, Gorman MP, Benson LA, Weinstock-Guttman B, Waldman A, Rodriguez M, Tillema JM, Krupp L, Belman A, Mar S, Rensel M, Chitnis T, Casper TC, Rose J, Hart J, Shao X, Tremlett H, Lynch SV, Barcellos LF, Waubant E, U.S. Network of Pediatric MS Centers

Expression quantitative trait locus fine mapping of the 17q12-21 asthma locus in African American children: a genetic association and gene expression study.

The Lancet. Respiratory medicine

Ober C, McKennan CG, Magnaye KM, Altman MC, Washington C, Stanhope C, Naughton KA, Rosasco MG, Bacharier LB, Billheimer D, Gold DR, Gress L, Hartert T, Havstad S, Khurana Hershey GK, Hallmark B, Hogarth DK, Jackson DJ, Johnson CC, Kattan M, Lemanske RF, Lynch SV, Mendonca EA, Miller RL, Naureckas ET, O'Connor GT, Seroogy CM, Wegienka G, White SR, Wood RA, Wright AL, Zoratti EM, Martinez FD, Ownby D, Nicolae DL, Levin AM, Gern JE, Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes-Children's Respiratory Research Workgroup

Bacterial biogeography of adult airways in atopic asthma.

Microbiome

Durack J, Huang YJ, Nariya S, Christian LS, Ansel KM, Beigelman A, Castro M, Dyer AM, Israel E, Kraft M, Martin RJ, Mauger DT, Rosenberg SR, King TS, White SR, Denlinger LC, Holguin F, Lazarus SC, Lugogo N, Peters SP, Smith LJ, Wechsler ME, Lynch SV, Boushey HA

Future Research Directions in Asthma. An NHLBI Working Group Report.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Levy BD, Noel PJ, Freemer MM, Cloutier MM, Georas SN, Jarjour NN, Ober C, Woodruff PG, Barnes KC, Bender BG, Camargo CA, Chupp GL, Denlinger LC, Fahy JV, Fitzpatrick AM, Fuhlbrigge A, Gaston BM, Hartert TV, Kolls JK, Lynch SV, Moore WC, Morgan WJ, Nadeau KC, Ownby DR, Solway J, Szefler SJ, Wenzel SE, Wright RJ, Smith RA, Erzurum SC

Widespread colonization of the lung by Tropheryma whipplei in HIV infection.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Lozupone C, Cota-Gomez A, Palmer BE, Linderman DJ, Charlson ES, Sodergren E, Mitreva M, Abubucker S, Martin J, Yao G, Campbell TB, Flores SC, Ackerman G, Stombaugh J, Ursell L, Beck JM, Curtis JL, Young VB, Lynch SV, Huang L, Weinstock GM, Knox KS, Twigg H, Morris A, Ghedin E, Bushman FD, Collman RG, Knight R, Fontenot AP

Gut dysbiosis in cystic fibrosis.

Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society

Scanlan PD, Buckling A, Kong W, Wild Y, Lynch SV, Harrison F