Christopher Damman, MD, MA

Microbiome consultant and expert at the University of Washington advising the Department of Medicine and Global Health Chairs. Clinical gastroenterologist performing endoscopic evaluation and caring for patients with gastroenterological diseases. Mentor in the Fellowship program advising trainees on food and microbiome topics for Gastroenterology Grand Rounds presentation.

Establishing a new industry standard of rigorous evidence-based pharma-quality evaluation of functional-food products. Defining the future pipeline of functional-nutritional solutions targeting metabolic, immunologic, neurologic, and gastroenterological diseases to help people regain control of their health.

Inspired and executed a new functional food and healthy microbe framework for understanding and addressing malnutrition. Fruits of the framework include two lead microbiome-targeting therapies that are poised to fundamentally transform malnutrition. The program involved a $50 M annual operating budget of 60+ synergistic grants spanning the preclinical, translational and clinical space.

Physician scientist on NIH funding track with responsibilities for attending on the clinical gastroenterology consult service and leading a translational gastroenterology research program.

Clinical Fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Medicine

Collaborated with academic labs to identify new small molecule modulators of inflammatory diseases running high-throughput screens and working with chemists to rationally modify hits.