Rodney Dietert

Rodney Dietert, Ph.D. is an internationally-known author, lecturer, scientist, media personality and educator. He has turned his wide-ranging expertise toward reducing the environmental health risks of children and protecting against chronic diseases by focusing on the microbiome and the immune system. As a full professor at Cornell University in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and a faculty member in the Cornell Institute for Comparative and Environment Toxicology, Dr. Dietert has published peer-reviewed papers in more than 70 different scientific journals ranging from environmental health and pediatric medicine publications to nutrition, metabolism, immune, neurological and reproductive journals. His forthcoming book is The Human Superorganism and previously, he co-authored the general audience book, Strategies for Protecting Your Child’s Immune System and Science Sifting (World Scientific Publishing), and edited two state-of-the-art technical books in environmental health: Immunotoxicity Testing (Humana Press, 2010) and Immunotoxicity, Immune Dysfunction, and Chronic Disease (Springer/Humana Press, 2012).