Experience

• Texas A&M University

  Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor and University Faculty Fellow

  Dr. Chapkin is an expert in dietary/microbial modulators related to prevention of colon cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases. He has been continuously funded by NIH for the past 28 years and has made highly significant contributions in cancer chemoprevention and inflammation biology with specific emphasis in: (i) elucidation of signal transduction processes in intestinal stem cells, (ii) membrane biology and nutritional modulation of organ membrane structure and function, (iii) investigation of the role of inflammation as a critical factor in cancer development, and its modulation by environmental/botanical agents, (iv) establishment of models for chronic inflammation and cancer prevention studies, and (v) development of novel noninvasive Systems Biology-based methodologies to assess crosstalk between the gut microbiome and the host transcriptome and its application to translational research. These activities, together with a history of basic and translational (biomarkers) research using cutting-edge genomics and computational biology methodologies, demonstrate that Dr. Chapkin has the scientific credentials necessary to generate seminal discoveries linking microbiota and host responses to neonatal diseases.

• Texas A&M University

  Professor

  Robert worked at Texas A&M University as a Professor