Affiliation: US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center

Dr. Sarah Pearce obtained her undergraduate degree in Veterinary Sciences from The University of Arizona and her Master’s and PhD in Nutritional Sciences from Iowa State University, largely focusing on gastrointestinal effects due to environmental hyperthermia. She then completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School utilizing primary intestinal organoid models to study intestinal barrier function, nutrient sensing. In addition, she worked on a murine intestinal perfusion model for probiotics. For the last three years, Dr. Pearce has been working as a Research Physiologist with the US Army, examining the effects of military-relevant stressors on gastrointestinal function as well as nutritional-interventions which may modulate the gut microbiome and response to stress.