Kevin Champagne-Jorgensen

I am a postdoctoral fellow working with Dr. Jennifer Gommerman at the University of Toronto to investigate mechanisms of microbiota-gut-brain communication, particularly in the context of multiple sclerosis.

I defended my PhD in Neuroscience in June 2021 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, under the supervision of Dr. John Bienenstock. My thesis examined the role of extracellular vesicles in bacteria-host communication, with a specific focus on the microbiota-gut-brain axis.

I then completed a year-long postdoctoral fellowship (Oct 2021-2022) with Dr. Dwayne Roach at San Diego State University where I investigated how bacteriophages influence the immune system. I also worked to optimize methods of producing bacteriophages and assisted with compassionate-use human phage therapy cases.

Please see the Publications page for full-text PDFs of work I have contributed to.