Lisa A. Karstens is a Senior Professor at Oregon Health & Science University. Her research focuses on clinical microbiology, microbial ecology, and the human microbiome, with specific interests in dysbiosis, gut microbes, and urology. Her recent work includes developing a negative binomial latent factor model for paired microbiome sequencing data, investigating host glycan utilization alterations in bladder disorders, and examining correlations between body mass index, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and urinary microbiome diversity in men. She also studies gut microbiome changes with micronutrient supplementation in children with ADHD and barriers to microbiome data reuse.
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