Immunobiology
Alenghat Lab

Alenghat Research Lab

The Alenghat Lab investigates epithelial and immune cell homeostasis in the context of intestinal health and disease. The goals of the lab are to provide insight into molecular mechanisms, including epigenomic pathways, that mediate the host-microbiota relationship and to examine how this level of regulation affects innate immunity and chronic conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease.

Alenghat Lab

Science Blog

Asthma and Allergy

Can the Bugs in Our Guts Help Manage Inflammation?

Theresa Alenghat, VMD, PhD1/30/2024

Digestive System

Without a Healthy Immune System, Too Much ‘Good’ Bacteria Can Become a Bad Thing

Theresa Alenghat, VMD, PhD, Sing Sing Way, MD, PhD, David B. Haslam, MD2/15/2023

Tools for Science

Alenghat, Gardner Grace the Stage at TEDx CincinnatiWomen Event

Theresa Alenghat, VMD, PhD11/18/2021

Contact Us

Theresa Alenghat, VMD, PhD

Phone: 513-803-7498
Email: theresa.alenghat@cchmc.org

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In the News

In her TedTalk, Dr. Alenghat shares how bacteria in the gut communicate with cells and how this relationship can be affected by diet.

Dr. Alenghat named Pew scholar.

Read the article "Gut Reaction" in Research Horizons featuring Dr. Alenghat's work exploring relationships between what we ingest, the cells lining our intestine, and the trillions of commensal bacteria (normal flora) living there.

Dr. Alenghat wins the The inaugural 2015 AGA-CCFA-Janssen Research Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Epigenetics Research

Read the article "Med Student Aims to be a Physician-Scientist; Likes Poking Around in Guts." featuring Patrick Lee from the Alenghat Lab.

Read the article "One Gut, a Couple Trillion Microbes, and an Enduring Mystery" in Research Horizons.