Rate My Professor Simon Keely

Professor Keely's research focuses on the immunopathology of functional gastrointestinal disorders including irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia, host-microbiome interactions in gastrointestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, microbiome-gut-brain interactions, diet-immune-microbiome interactions in Crohn's disease, the role of the microbiome in tissue healing post-colorectal surgery, and the influence of peri-operative management on colorectal cancer immunology. His fields of research encompass innate immunity (30%), cellular immunology (30%), and gastroenterology and hepatology (40%). He has authored over 130 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to book chapters such as "Isolation and in vitro culture of human gut progenitor cells" (2019) and "The Gut-Brain Axis in Neuropsychopathology" (2018). Notable awards include the John Forte GI/Liver Plenary Award for Distinguished Abstract from the American Physiological Society (2014), Outstanding Paper Award - GI Response to Injury from the American Gastroenterological Association (2011), and Outstanding Paper Award from the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (2009), along with a Research Fellowship from the same foundation (2009).