Emeran Mayer

Emeran Mayer is a Gastroenterologist, Neuroscientist and Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is also the author of the well recognized book, The Mind-Gut Connection. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, and co-edited 3 books. His most recent work has focused on the role of the gut microbiota in influencing the brain, the role of food addiction in obesity, and the role of the brain in chronic inflammatory diseases of the gut.