Two Budding Scientists each receive $25K of Dannon Fellowship Grant to uncover the role of yogurt, probiotics and the gut microbiome on human health
The Dannon Company, Inc. announced this year's recipients of the Dannon® Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant Program. The 2016-2017 honorees are Erin Davis from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Haley Chatelaine from The Ohio State University. They were selected from a competitive pool of over 120 applicants by an international committee of scientists in food and nutrition. Each student will receive $25,000 to help fund their independent and unique investigations looking at the diverse health impact of yogurt and/or probiotics on the human gut microbiome.
"The Dannon® Grant will allow me to further explore the effects of early life nutrition on the infant gut microbiota, immune development and early childhood growth," explains Erin Davis, doctoral candidate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences. "By investigating the effects of consuming probiotics during breastfeeding on both mom and infant, I hope to advance our understanding of how we can influence the microbiota and immune development during this critical time of life."