Harnessing AI & Microbiome Science to Unlock Human Behavior

Dr. Maude M. David work focused on microbiota-gut-brain axis and applying new analytical methods to analyze multi-omics microbial datasets. After postdoctoral positions at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Stanford School of Medicine, she joined Oregon State University as an Assistant Professor in January 2018, where she has a joined appointment in Microbiology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and is now an Associate Professor.

Dr. Maude David's laboratory studies the gut-brain axis, to understand how microbes can impact our behavior, specifically in Autism Spectrum Disorder. She uses a crowd-sourced approach to collect lifestyle type information, diet habits, and samples. Her team is also working on identifying bottlenecks in microbial ecology and bioinformatics, bringing novel solutions to unravel microbial molecular mechanisms by applying notably deep learning approaches to microbiome datasets.