Affiliation: University of Michigan

Dr. Miguel Quiros did his undergrad studies in microbiology at the University of Costa Rica and obtained his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Physiology at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Mexico City, Mexico. Currently he is a faculty member of the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine in the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the resolution phase of intestinal inflammation. Dr. Quiros is working in different projects such as (a) establishing a defined matrix to grow mini-guts with the potential to be engrafted into ulcerated tissue from IBD patients and promote epithelial recovery; (b) characterizing the kinetics of cytokine release during the resolution phase of inflammation and describe the cascade of events that lead to recovery of homeostasis; (c) studying the effect of specialized pro-resolution mediators on intestinal epithelial wound healing.