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Emeran A. Mayer, MD, PhDDirector, G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience (CNSR)Co-Director, CURE: Digestive Diseases Research CenterProfessor of Medicine, Physiology and PsychiatryVatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases Division of Digestive DiseasesDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLADr. Mayer received his MD/PhD degree from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, completed his residency at the Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, and his GI fellowship training at the UCLA/VA Wadsworth Training Program. Dr. Mayer has a career long interest in clinical and research aspects of brain body interactions, with a longstanding focus on the bidirectional communication between the brain and the gut in health and disease. He is recognized as one of the leading investigators in the world of brain gut microbiome interactions in GI disorders, including functional and inflammatory bowel disorders and obesity. He has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1989.