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Dr. Allen received his bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in Exercise Physiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his PhD in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Allen followed his PhD by completing a 3-year postdoctoral program in microbiology at Nationwide Children鈥檚 Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Allen鈥檚 research program concentrates on specific environmental interventions and conditions鈥� 1. Exercise 2. Psychological Stress and 3. Diet鈥攖hat influence gut microbial communities (the gut microbiota) during both homeostatic and pathological disease states. Ultimately, Dr. Allen鈥檚 lab is aiming to provide a new perspective into how environmental conditions interact to modify the gut microbiota, with the ultimate goal of leveraging this knowledge to improve human health.