Meenakshi Rao
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
The overarching goal of our lab is to determine how cells in the ENS regulate important gut functions, from absorbing nutrients to fighting infections. Our work is driven by the conviction that advancing the fundamental understanding of enteric neurobiology will reveal how this part of the nervous system contributes to human disease.