More than 16 years of experience in clinical and preclinical studies of microbiome, probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotics, synbiotics and functional foods in aging related disorders including Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline, obesity and diabetes.  A creative, effective, systematic, agile, and coordinated planner to execute the research enterprise, and promote research and collaborations with intra and interinstitutional and community partnerships.  Track record of coordinated research opportunities for students and faculty, and executed structures and processes for presubmission review, refinement, and resubmission of investigator and multiPI program grants.  Active promoter of the career development of new tenuretrack faculty and committed to boosting diversity and inclusion, interprofessional, and learning, while effectively communicating with my team and leadership.  Resilient capabilities in organizing and leading team of scientists by efficiently boosting productivities and motivation to achieve high demand goals, under time and resource pressures, while leading by examples.  Team player and early advice seeker to fill the gaps and refine ideas with clear mission to accomplish goals on time.  Highly motivated, enthusiastic with problem solving attitude, and energize team for positive intellectual  Well established track record of acquiring research funding (>6 million) from national and international funding agencies  Excellent verbal and written communications with track records of scientific publications, and scientific speaker of worldclass platforms addressing impacts of probiotics to improve human health  Established international collaborative network of basic and clinical scientists from academia and industries focused on probiotics, microbiome and chronic diseases. Proven adaptability to differing cultural and working environments, love to travel and meet new people, and trained from world’s premiers institutes

Dr. Stacey Bell is a nutritional consultant to the food and dietary supplement industries. Recently, Dr. Bell was the Chief Science Officer for Nutrient, in Reno, Nevada. She had previously been a nutritional consultant from 2008 until 2014, when she joined Peak Health (formerly Yevo and Nutrient Foods) in Reno, Nevada, as the Chief Scientific Officer. From 2005-2008 she was a Research Scientist at IdeaSphere Inc. In addition to creating products for them, she developed a line of over 25 products for Tony Robbins, the motivational speaker, and helped with the development of products for Dr. Alan Greene, a noted pediatrician, and Dr. Andrew Weil, a well-known expert in the field of alternative medicine. Formerly, she worked for Dr Barry Sears at Sears Labs, as Vice President of Medical Research and Education in Danvers, Massachusetts. She also founded and worked as chief scientific officer with AFFINTA, Inc a start up with the aim of producing nutraceuticals. She developed a functional food product, DelightFull, which is a snack bar that contains low-glycemic load carbohydrates to promote satiety. These bars were available at all CVS Pharmacy stores. Before that she was Vice President of Research and Development for Medical Foods Inc., and Functional Foods, Inc., in Boston, both of which she co-founded. For those companies, she developed several functional food products including NiteBite, which was licensed and sold by ICN Pharmaceutical Company, Costa Mesa, California. NiteBite was a food bar especially designed for the nutritional management of low blood sugar that occurs in type 1 diabetes.