Your immune system does much more than fight off colds. It shapes how your body responds to stress, heals, and even how it misfires in the form of chronic illness. In this first episode of It’s All Connected, we explore why women have stronger autoimmune systems, how that impacts their health in unique ways, and what science is uncovering about the deep connections between immunity and the rest of the body.
Your immune system does much more than fight off colds. It shapes how your body responds to stress, heals, and even how it misfires in the form of chronic illness. In this first episode of It’s All Connected, we explore why women have stronger autoimmune systems, how that impacts their health in unique ways, and what science is uncovering about the deep connections between immunity and the rest of the body.
Dr. Sternberg is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work on the interaction between the central nervous system and the immune system. Her research concerns the brain's stress response and whether it makes people susceptible to rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. She has been credited with helping illuminate the possible underlying mechanisms for connections between stress, depression, and autoimmune disease. She has been featured on numerous radio, television, film, and print media on subjects including the mind-body connection, 'stress and illness', spirituality, love, health, and place and wellbeing. Sternberg has testified before Congress, advised the World Health Organization, the U.S. Surgeon General, the U.S. General Services Administration, the Vatican, and other national and international organizations on stress, illness, place, and wellbeing.
Dr. Sternberg is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work on the interaction between the central nervous system and the immune system. Her research concerns the brain's stress response and whether it makes people susceptible to rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. She has been credited with helping illuminate the possible underlying mechanisms for connections between stress, depression, and autoimmune disease. She has been featured on numerous radio, television, film, and print media on subjects including the mind-body connection, 'stress and illness', spirituality, love, health, and place and wellbeing. Sternberg has testified before Congress, advised the World Health Organization, the U.S. Surgeon General, the U.S. General Services Administration, the Vatican, and other national and international organizations on stress, illness, place, and wellbeing.
Dr. Sonia Sharma’s current research focuses on using unbiased, genome-scale approaches to unravel innate immunity, the body’s early immune response to microbial pathogens and neoplastic cells, which has also been implicated as a common causal factor in many inflammatory, allergic and autoimmune diseases. She integrates cutting-edge genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, computational and translational approaches to define the key genetic mechanisms regulating cellular innate immunity, and determine how they impact human health and disease. Dr. Sharma has an outstanding record of research accomplishments, including high impact discoveries published in top scientific journals.
Dr. Sonia Sharma’s current research focuses on using unbiased, genome-scale approaches to unravel innate immunity, the body’s early immune response to microbial pathogens and neoplastic cells, which has also been implicated as a common causal factor in many inflammatory, allergic and autoimmune diseases. She integrates cutting-edge genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, computational and translational approaches to define the key genetic mechanisms regulating cellular innate immunity, and determine how they impact human health and disease. Dr. Sharma has an outstanding record of research accomplishments, including high impact discoveries published in top scientific journals.