The Integrative Human Microbiome Project

The NIH Human Microbiome Project (HMP) has been carried out over ten years and two phases to provide resources, methods, and discoveries that link interactions between humans and their microbiomes to health-related outcomes. The recently completed second phase, the Integrative Human Microbiome Project, comprised studies of dynamic changes in the microbiome and host under three conditions: pregnancy and preterm birth; inflammatory bowel diseases; and stressors that affect individuals with prediabetes. The associated research begins to elucidate mechanisms of host-microbiome interactions under these conditions, provides unique data resources (at the HMP Data Coordination Center), and represents a paradigm for…

• OO
  Office of Dietary Supplements
• NI
  National Institutes of Health

  Awards: U54DK102556, U54DK102557, U54HD080784
• NI
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  Award: U54DK102557
• OO
  Office of Research on Women's Health
• NC
  National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
• CF
  Common Fund