March 15–16, 2025
Washington, D.C.
Returning to Washington, D.C., the 13th annual Gut Microbiota for Health (GMFH) World Summit will take place March 15–16, 2025. Register today to discover how microbiome science is translating to clinical practice and network with clinicians, researchers, nutritionists, and dietitians from around the globe in a dynamic learning environment.
This year’s program theme is Microbiome Milieu: Diet, Drugs, and Environment and will explore:
- Dietary drivers of health and disease.
- Extra-intestinal implications of the gut microbiome.
- The extra-bacterial gut ecosystem.
- The gut microbiome and oncology.
The Summit is sponsored by AGA and the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (ESNM), with the endorsement of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (ANMS).
If you are unable to attend the meeting in-person, you may attend virtually. Sessions will also be recorded for viewing at a future date.
Pricing:
| Timing | Dates | Member | Nonmember | Trainee Member |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early bird | Open–Dec. 18, 2024 | $475 | $775 | $125 |
| Discounted | Dec. 19, 2024–Feb 19, 2025 | $575 | $875 | $225 |
| Standard | Feb. 20–March 6, 2025 | $675 | $975 | $325 |
| Late/On-Site | March 7–15, 2025 | $875 | $1175 | $525 |
Members of AGA, ESNM, and ANMS receive reduced registration rates according to the schedule above. All prices are in USD. Members of ESNM and ANMS should contact their societies for a discount code that provides access to member or trainee member pricing.
Venue:
Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Richmond Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202
Phone: (703) 920-3230
Hotel Website
A room block is reserved for the meeting at a discounted rate. Look in your registration confirmation email for a link to reserve rooms at the conference rate.
Abstracts:
Students, fellows, and early career faculty (less than five years since first faculty appointment) are encouraged to submit abstracts for presentation during the Saturday, March 15 networking and poster session. The presenting authors of the 10 top-scoring abstracts may also present their work during a 3-minute lightning talk.
AGA will accept abstracts until Dec. 18, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST (UTC-5) through the online submission portal. Following peer review by the GMFH Scientific Committee, applicants will receive notification on/before Jan. 17, 2025.
The five top-scoring abstracts will each receive a $1000 abstract prize.
Pricing
| In person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Nonmember | Member trainee | |
| Early Bird | $425 |
$725 | $125 |
| Standard | $575 | $925 | $195 |
| On-site | $800 | $1,125 | $275 |
| Livestream only | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Nonmember | Member trainee | |
| Early Bird | $199 | $399 | $79 |
| Standard | $299 | $499 | $129 |
| On-site | $399 | $599 | $179 |
Agenda
General Topic: Microbiome milieu: Diet, drugs, and environment
Saturday, March 15, 2025
8:30–8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Day 1 kickoff
Gail A. Hecht, MD, MS, Loyola University Chicago
8:45–9:15 a.m.
Opening keynote lecture
NutriOmics — the microbiome in a systems approach to obesity
Karine Clément, MD, PhD, Sorbonne Université
PLENARY SESSION 1:
Dietary drivers of health and disease
Session Moderator: Joël Doré, PhD,
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
9 a.m.
Epidemiological considerations of the diet-microbiome intersection
Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital
9:30 a.m.
Food taxonomy and the integration of dietary and microbiome data
Abigail Johnson, PhD, RD,
University of Minnesota
10 a.m.
Food additives interact with the microbiome in health and disease
Benoit Chassaing, PhD, Institut Pasteur
10:30–11:00 a.m.
Morning break
PLENARY SESSION 2
Extra-intestinal implications of the gut microbiome
Session Moderator: Emeran Mayer, MD, University of California Los Angeles
11 a.m.
Metabolic syndrome, MASLD and auto-brewery syndrome
Bernd Schnabl, MD, University of California San Diego
11:30 a.m.
Cardiovascular disease and the gut microbiota
Chenhao Li, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Broad Institute
Noon
The gut brain axis and implications of the microbiome in neurodegenerative diseases
Malú Gámez Tansey, PhD, University of Florida
12:30 p.m.
Networking lunch
1:15 p.m.
Abstract presenter lightning talks
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
2–3:15 p.m.
Workshops 1 and 2
Workshop 1: Nutrition for health: Tailoring recommendations based on disease and health status
Moderator: Dirk Haller, PhD, Technical University of Munich
Speakers:
Hannah Holscher, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Lawrence David, PhD, Duke University
Workshop 2: Non-traditional model systems in microbiome investigations
Moderator: Purna Kashyap, MBBS, Mayo Clinic
Speakers:
Katherine Amato, PhD, Northwestern University
Barbara Rehermann, MD, National Institutes of Health
3:15–3:45 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:45–5 p.m.
Workshops 3 and 4
Workshop 3: More fiber or less? Alternative stable states
Moderator: Balfour Sartor, MD
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Speakers:
Andrew Gewirtz, PhD, Georgia State University
Bjoern Schroeder, PhD, Umea University
Workshop 4: Probiotic supplementation and the infant microbiota
Moderator: Brent Polk, MD
University of California San Diego
Speakers:
Geoffrey Preidis, MD, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children’s Hospital
Marie-Claire Arrieta, PhD, University of Calgary
5–7 p.m.
Networking reception
Sunday, March 16, 2025
PLENARY SESSION 3:
The extra-bacterial gut ecosystem
Session Moderator: Gary Wu, MD, University of Pennsylvania
8:30–9 a.m.
The Human Virome Program
Emmanuel Mongodin, PhD, invited, National Institutes of Health
9–9:30 a.m.
Multi-drug resistance and phage-bacterial interaction in the gut
Robert (Chip) Schooley, MD, University of California San Diego
9:30–10 a.m.
Fungi shape the gut microbiome and host immune system during development
June Round, PhD, University of Utah
PLENARY SESSION 4
The gut microbiome and oncology
Session Moderator: Harry Sokol, MD, PhD, Sorbonne Université
10:30 a.m.
The gut microbiome and cancer
Cynthia Sears, MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
11 a.m.
Diet as a precision cancer intervention
Carrie R Daniel MacDougall, PhD, MPH, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:30 a.m.
Oncological therapeutics and immunotherapy
Jonathan (Tsoni) Peled, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Noon
Closing keynote lecture
A biophysical view of the microbiome
KC Huang, PhD, Stanford University
12:30 p.m.
Closing remarks
Harry Sokol, MD, PhD & Gail Hecht, MD, MS
12:35 p.m.
End of program