Lucy Mailing is a fourth-year MD-PhD student in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois and was recently named an Emerging Leader in Nutrition Science by the American Society for Nutrition. Her laboratory research focuses on understanding how diet and exercise can beneficially modulate the gut microbiome and gut barrier function in states of health and disease.

Lucy is also a staff research associate for the Kresser Institute for Functional and Evolutionary Medicine and writes about gut and skin health on her blog at www.NGmedicine.com. She takes an evidence-based, integrative approach to gut, skin, and autoimmune conditions, and currently helps clients with Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, SIBO, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, psoriasis, eczema, and acne heal from the inside out.