Author: Emma Maddox

Prompt: What choices do you make in terms of food/nutrition/product use and consumption that may have an impact on your microbial communities? I think it is difficult to say how much of an impact any choices I am making have on my microbial communities. After reading the Ghouri 2014 article it seems that some probiotics,… Continue reading Writing Exercise #5

Prompt: “The rhetorical precis, which is four sentences long, accounts for the author and his or her main assertion, the way the author develops or supports the thesis, the author’s purpose in writing, and a description of the intended audience and relationship the author establishes with the audience.” -OSU Writing Center (1) Dr. Alyssa Liubakka… Continue reading Writing Exercise #4

Prompt: Brainstorm a list of behaviors that an individual could engage in that could cause changes to their gut microbial community. Pick 3 specific behaviors from your list. For each, discuss how that behavior could change the microbial community and the potential health impacts (beneficial, detrimental, neutral) that could result in the individual’s health. antibiotics… Continue reading Writing Exercise #3

Prompt: As a healthcare professional, a colleague asks your opinion as to which HPV strains should be covered in a new treatment. Based on your reading from the Sarid and Gao 2011 article, what is your recommendation, and when should the treatment be administered? What evidence supports your opinion? Quite a few strains of HPV… Continue reading Writing Exercise #2

Prompt: List as many human non-infectious diseases that you can think of that are influenced by microorganisms. In other words, which diseases that you already know about might be modulated by microbes?  This prompt is a bit difficult for me. I think I can come up with quite a few non-infectious diseases but I do… Continue reading Writing Exercise #1

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