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Carrie Cowardin

Associate Professor Pediatrics

University of Virginia

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School of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Carrie Cowardin is currently serving as a Division Of Gastroenterology And Hepatology Associate Professor Pediatrics at University of Virginia.

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University of Virginia

Associate Professor Pediatrics

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A Nutrient Deficient, Humanized Diet Drives Immunoglobulin a Overproduction in Mice 2934. The Journal of Immunology (2025)

immunologyimmunoglobulin eallergydiet drivesinborn errors of immunityclinical nutritionimmune responsesmetabolismimmunity (medicine)mice 2934nutritionexperimental medicinenutrient deficient

Maternal Undernutrition Exacerbates Microbiota-Driven Growth Stunting Through Pre and Postnatal Effects. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Yadeliz A. Serrano MatosClaire WilliamsJasmine CanoLindsey BihuniakAria KamalCarrie A. Cowardin

public healthmicrobiomemicrobiota-driven growthpostnatal effectsmaternal healthmaternal undernutrition

Colonization During a Key Developmental Window Reveals Microbiota-Dependent Shifts in Growth and Immunity During Undernutrition. Microbiome (2024)

Yadeliz A. Serrano MatosJasmine CanoHamna ShafiqClaire WilliamsJulee SunnyCarrie A. Cowardin

immunologymicrobiomedevelopmental biology

Growing Up: A Nod2 Our Microbes. Cell Host & Microbe (2023)

Yadeliz A. Serrano MatosCarrie A. Cowardin

microbiomemicrobial diversitydevelopmental biologymicrobiologyhost-microbe interactions

Transplantation of Gut Microbiota From Old Mice Into Young Healthy Mice Reduces Lean Mass but Not Bone Mass. Gut Microbes (2023)

Lina LaweniusCarrie CowardinLouise GrahnemoJulia M. SchefflerKarin HorkebyCecilia EngdahlJianyao WuLiesbeth VandenputAntti KoskelaJuha TuukkanenEivind CowardKristian HveemArnulf LanghammerSanna AbrahamssonJeffrey I. GordonKlara SjögrenClaes Ohlsson

microbiomebone massmammalian biologygut microbiotaold micedevelopmental biology

Environmental Enteric Dysfunction: Gut and Microbiota Adaptation in Pregnancy and Infancy. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (2022)

Carrie A. CowardinSana SyedNajeeha IqbalZehra JamilKamran SadiqJunaid IqbalSyed Asad AliSean R. Moore

microbiomeenvironmental enteric dysfunctionmicrobiota adaptationenvironmental scienceenvironmental healthgastroenterologyhepatologydevelopmental biologyhealth sciences

Bifidobacterium Infantis Treatment Promotes Weight Gain in Bangladeshi Infants With Severe Acute Malnutrition. Science Translational Medicine (2022)

Michael J. BarrattSharika NuzhatKazi AhsanSteven A. FreseAleksandr A. ArzamasovShafiqul Alam SarkerM. Munirul IslamParag PalitMd Ridwan IslamMatthew C. HibberdSwetha NakshatriCarrie A. CowardinJanaki L. GurugeAlexandra E. ByrneSiddarth VenkateshVinaik SundaresanBethany HenrickRebbeca M. DuarRyan D. MitchellGiorgio CasaburiJohann PrambsRobin FlanneryMustafa MahfuzDmitry A. RodionovAndrei L. OstermanDavid KyleTahmeed AhmedJeffrey I. Gordon

microbiomegut microbesdigestive diseasesprobioticschildhood malnutritionmalnutritionchild nutritiongut microbiotaclinical nutritiondysbiosisbacteriapediatricsnutritionmicrobiologysevere acute malnutritionhealth sciences

Colitis-Induced Th17 Cells Increase the Risk for Severe Subsequent Clostridium Difficile Infection. Cell Host & Microbe (2019)

Mahmoud M. SalehAlyse L. FrisbeeJhansi L. LeslieErica L. BuonomoCarrie A. CowardinJennie Z. MaMorgan E. SimpsonKenneth W. ScullyMayuresh M. AbhyankarWilliam A. Petri

immunologydigestive diseasesgut microbesmicrobial pathogenesispathogenesisinflammatory bowel diseaseinfection controlclinical microbiologyinnate immune systemmucosal immunologypathogenic bacteriahospital infectionsulcerative colitisimmune responsesdysbiosisinfectious diseasesinflammatory diseasesinflammation

Effects of Microbiota-Directed Foods in Gnotobiotic Animals and Undernourished Children. Science (2019)

Jeanette L. GehrigSiddarth VenkateshHao-Wei ChangMatthew C. HibberdVanderlene L. KungJiye ChengRobert Y. ChenSathish SubramanianCarrie A. CowardinMartin F. MeierDavid O’DonnellMichael TalcottLarry D. SpearsClay F. SemenkovichBernard HenrissatRichard J. GiannoneRobert L. HettichOlga IlkayevaMichael MuehlbauerChristopher B. NewgardChristopher SawyerRichard D. HeadDmitry A. RodionovAleksandr A. ArzamasovSemen A. LeynAndrei L. OstermanMd Iqbal HossainMunirul IslamNuzhat ChoudhuryShafiqul Alam SarkerSayeeda HuqImteaz MahmudIshita MostafaMustafa MahfuzMichael J. BarrattTahmeed AhmedJeffrey I. Gordon

microbiomegut microbesprobioticsmicrobiota developmentchild nutritiongut microbiotadysbiosisnutritionmicrobiologysevere acute malnutritionhealth sciences

Il-33 Drives Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell-Mediated Protection During Clostridium Difficile Infection. Nature Communications (2019)

Alyse L. FrisbeeMahmoud M. SalehMary K. YoungJhansi L. LeslieMorgan E. SimpsonMayuresh M. AbhyankarCarrie A. CowardinJennie Z. MaPatcharin PramoonjagoStephen D. TurnerAlice P. LiouErica L. BuonomoWilliam A. Petri

decoy receptorcell deathpathogenesisclinical microbiologycytokinestoxinsdysbiosisinfectious diseasesinnate immune systemtoxin expressionfecal microbiota transplantationimmune responsesinflammationgut microbesmicrobial pathogenesisinflammatory diseasesimmunity (medicine)immunologyinfection controlmicrobiology

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Carrie Cowardin

Associate Professor Pediatrics

University of Virginia

Affiliations

School of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Carrie Cowardin is currently serving as a Division Of Gastroenterology And Hepatology Associate Professor Pediatrics at University of Virginia.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Carrie Cowardin

University of Virginia

Associate Professor Pediatrics

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Nutrient Deficient, Humanized Diet Drives Immunoglobulin a Overproduction in Mice 2934. The Journal of Immunology (2025)

immunologyimmunoglobulin eallergydiet drivesinborn errors of immunityclinical nutritionimmune responsesmetabolismimmunity (medicine)mice 2934nutritionexperimental medicinenutrient deficient

Maternal Undernutrition Exacerbates Microbiota-Driven Growth Stunting Through Pre and Postnatal Effects. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Yadeliz A. Serrano MatosClaire WilliamsJasmine CanoLindsey BihuniakAria KamalCarrie A. Cowardin

public healthmicrobiomemicrobiota-driven growthpostnatal effectsmaternal healthmaternal undernutrition

Colonization During a Key Developmental Window Reveals Microbiota-Dependent Shifts in Growth and Immunity During Undernutrition. Microbiome (2024)

Yadeliz A. Serrano MatosJasmine CanoHamna ShafiqClaire WilliamsJulee SunnyCarrie A. Cowardin

immunologymicrobiomedevelopmental biology

Growing Up: A Nod2 Our Microbes. Cell Host & Microbe (2023)

Yadeliz A. Serrano MatosCarrie A. Cowardin

microbiomemicrobial diversitydevelopmental biologymicrobiologyhost-microbe interactions

Transplantation of Gut Microbiota From Old Mice Into Young Healthy Mice Reduces Lean Mass but Not Bone Mass. Gut Microbes (2023)

microbiomebone massmammalian biologygut microbiotaold micedevelopmental biology

Environmental Enteric Dysfunction: Gut and Microbiota Adaptation in Pregnancy and Infancy. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (2022)

Carrie A. CowardinSana SyedNajeeha IqbalZehra JamilKamran SadiqJunaid IqbalSyed Asad AliSean R. Moore

microbiomeenvironmental enteric dysfunctionmicrobiota adaptationenvironmental scienceenvironmental healthgastroenterologyhepatologydevelopmental biologyhealth sciences

Bifidobacterium Infantis Treatment Promotes Weight Gain in Bangladeshi Infants With Severe Acute Malnutrition. Science Translational Medicine (2022)

Colitis-Induced Th17 Cells Increase the Risk for Severe Subsequent Clostridium Difficile Infection. Cell Host & Microbe (2019)

Mahmoud M. SalehAlyse L. FrisbeeJhansi L. LeslieErica L. BuonomoCarrie A. CowardinJennie Z. MaMorgan E. SimpsonKenneth W. ScullyMayuresh M. AbhyankarWilliam A. Petri

Effects of Microbiota-Directed Foods in Gnotobiotic Animals and Undernourished Children. Science (2019)

microbiomegut microbesprobioticsmicrobiota developmentchild nutritiongut microbiotadysbiosisnutritionmicrobiologysevere acute malnutritionhealth sciences

Il-33 Drives Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell-Mediated Protection During Clostridium Difficile Infection. Nature Communications (2019)

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