Stefan J. Green

Stefan J. Green is a High Senior Professor at Rush University. His research focuses on microbiology, the human microbiome, and infectious diseases, with specific interests in clinical and environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, and public health epidemiology. His latest work investigates the vaginal microbiome’s disruption by sub-optimal menstrual materials, the oral microbiome–brain axis and cognitive performance in older adults, and hospital air sampling for respiratory virus surveillance. He has also published on ultra-low input next-generation sequencing methods and prebiotics as adjunct therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. His research integrates applied microbiology with health sciences to address pressing clinical and environmental challenges.