Alexa R. Weingarden, MD, PhD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Alexa Weingarden, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist studying interactions between food-specific T cells and commensal microbes in GI disease. She completed her MD and PhD at the University of Minnesota, then went on to Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology fellowship at Stanford University. Currently, she is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota with a clinical focus on celiac disease and small bowel inflammatory disorders.

Presentation(s):

• Nonprescription Therapeutics: Making Heads or Tails of Prebiotics, Probiotics, Synbiotics, and Postbiotics

  Saturday, October 25, 2025
  1:45 PM - 2:05 PM PDT