Wenhan Zhu
Vanderbilt Team Discovers How a Gut Pathogen Thrives in Inflammation
May. 24, 2026—By Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator While someone may not often think about the bacteria living in their gut, assistant professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Wenhan Zhu and his team, Luisella Spiga, Ryan Fansler, Yifan Wu, and Abigail Rose certainly do. They’ve carved out a niche studying a common gut microbe, Bacteroides fragilis....