Spotlight: An Interview with Dr. Christopher A. Lowry, on the Convergence of Microbes, Nature, and Mental Health

Alan C. Logan () and Christopher A. Lowry
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Alan C. Logan: Nova Institute for Health, 1407 Fleet St., Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
Christopher A. Lowry: Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

Challenges, 2022, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-20

Abstract: In the ongoing series of spotlight interviews, Challenges Advisory Board member and Nova Institute for Health Fellow, Alan C. Logan, meets with thought leaders, scientists, scholars, healthcare professionals, artisans, and visionaries concerned about health at scales of persons, places, and the planet. Here in this interview, Dr. Christopher A. Lowry of the University of Colorado Boulder, responds to a set of questions posed by Challenges . For nearly twenty years, Dr. Lowry has been at the forefront of the research connecting the microbiome to mental health. Ten years ago, Dr. Lowry and his colleagues wrote a provocative article under the title ‘Can we vaccinate against depression?’; Dr. Lowry updates Challenges on where the field has moved, with its promises and possibilities. Dr. Lowry reflects on the early influences that shaped his interest in the field and discusses the ways in which microbiome sciences are casting light on the many interconnected challenges of our time.

Keywords: microbiome; stress physiology; public health; personalized medicine; community health; planetary health; health inequities; non-communicable diseases; social determinants of health; serotonin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 C00 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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