At the recent noon Luncheon Dr. Heidi Nelson spoke on The Human Microbiome or the Missing Link in her role as a member of the Center for Individualized Medicine. It created awareness of how much we owe to our own bacterial flora and their influence on both health and disease processes. Make you think of the "midi-chlorians" in the Jedi's blood from Star Wars.

Additionally emeriti recognized Dr. Barbara Westmoreland and Dr. Ed Rosenow for their contributions to the Emeriti Staff Center.

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