Lucy Mailing graduated from Kalamazoo College with a B.A. in Biology and is now a fourth-year MD-PhD candidate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois. Lucy is also a senior research associate for the Kresser Institute for Functional and Evolutionary Medicine and was named an Emerging Leader in Nutrition Science by the American Society for Nutrition in 2017. Her laboratory research focuses on how diet and exercise can beneficially modulate the gut microbiome and gut barrier function in states of health and disease..
Lucy Mailing graduated from Kalamazoo College with a B.A. in Biology and is now a fourth-year MD-PhD candidate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois. Lucy is also a senior research associate for the Kresser Institute for Functional and Evolutionary Medicine and was named an Emerging Leader in Nutrition Science by the American Society for Nutrition in 2017. Her laboratory research focuses on how diet and exercise can beneficially modulate the gut microbiome and gut barrier function in states of health and disease.
Lucy is the founder and sole author of NextGen Medicine, writing evidence-based articles about gut and skin health, nutrition, the microbiome, and exercise science. She takes an individualized, integrative approach and helps clients with gut and skin conditions heal from the inside out. Lucy currently resides in Champaign, Illinois with her husband Steven and enjoys traveling and playing soccer in her free time.