Joseph Pierre

Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences

Research on the gut microbiome, nutrition, and intestinal physiology and disease.

jpierre@wisc.edu

(608) 262-1120

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Type: Alumni, Faculty, MANTP Trainer

Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences
PhD. 2012, Nutritional Sciences, UW-Madison.

Phenolic-rich extruded BRS 305 sorghum-based beverage improves fecal and blood metabolites, oxidative balance and cardiometabolic markers in adults with excess body weight: a single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Lucimar Aguiar da Silva, Vinícius Parzanini Brilhante de São José, Álvaro Luiz Miranda Piermatei, Larissa Arruda Rodrigues, Pietra Vidal Cardoso do Prado, Renata Celi Lopes Toledo, Carlos Wanderlei Piler de Carvalho, Valéria Aparecida Vieira Queiroz, Bárbara Pereira da Silva, Joseph Francis Pierre, Hércia Stampini Duarte Martino

European journal of nutrition. 2026 June 19. pmid:42319463, pmc:PMC13282233, doi:10.1007/s00394-026-04019-2
Panaxynol mitigates chemotherapy-induced intestinal mucositis by improving the colonic microenvironment in murine models

Brooke M Bullard, Brandon N VanderVeen, Thomas D Cardaci, Sierra J McDonald, Arianna V Bastian, Nathaniel B Willis, Mingming Xu, Jie Li, Joseph F Pierre, Lorne J Hofseth, Daping Fan, E Angela Murphy

American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology. 2026 May 1. pmid:42065376, pmc:PMC13270280, doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00035.2026
A Standardized Method for Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Bariatric Surgery Investigations in Cancer

Arvind V Ramesh, Sydney C Joseph, Margaret S Bohm, Emily W Grey, Joel H Elasy, Brianne M Hibl, Oluwatosin T Asunloye, Ki-Suk Kim, Teri D Doss, Joseph F Pierre, Katherine L Cook, Liza Makowski, Laura M Sipe

Frontiers in microbiomes. 2025 December 15. pmid:41394893, pmc:PMC12700308, doi:10.3389/frmbi.2025.1432817
Whey Protein Phospholipid Concentrate and Its Fractions as a Diet Intervention Enhance Bone Health and Alter the Gut Microbiome in Weanling Mice

Mitchell T Armstrong, Karen Antunes, Nathaniel B Willis, Mark B Meyer, Joseph F Pierre, Gulustan Ozturk

FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 2025 December 9. pmid:41363910, pmc:PMC12687760, doi:10.1096/fj.202502683R
The role of the mycobiome in host physiology and disease: insights from rodent models

Karen Antunes, Nathaniel B Willis, Joseph F Pierre

Lab animal. 2025 October 14. pmid:41087644, pmc:PMC12575366, doi:10.1038/s41684-025-01620-6
Processed Pearl Millet Improves the Morphology and Gut Microbiota in Wistar Rats

Jaqueline Maciel Vieira Theodoro, Lucimar Aguiar da Silva, Vinícius Parzanini Brilhante de São José, Nathaniel Baldwin Willis, Renata Celi Lopes Toledo, Mariana Grancieri, Carlos Wanderlei Piler Carvalho, Joseph Francis Pierre, Bárbara Pereira da Silva, Hércia Stampini Duarte Martino

Foods (Basel, Switzerland). 2025 August 14. pmid:40807689, pmc:PMC12346449, doi:10.3390/foods14152752
Cyclic infusion mitigates liver dysfunction associated with continuous total parenteral nutrition in a novel murine model

Nathaniel B Willis, Tahliyah S Mims, Karen Antunes, Hubert Peng, Mei-I Yen, Chi-Liang Eric Yen, Joseph F Pierre

American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology. 2025 August 11. pmid:40789651, pmc:PMC12456138, doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00033.2025
Circulating Mycobiota Signatures and Cardiovascular Mortality among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

Keiichi Sumida, Yamini Mallisetty, Chi-Yang Chiu, Zhongji Han, Tahliyah S Mims, Cheng Chen, Robert Tyson Beach, Levente Dojcsak, Maki Sumida, Qi Zhao, Amandeep Bajwa, Brian M Peters, Jesse C Seegmiller, Amy B Karger, Peter Stenvinkel, Susmita Datta, Michael A Langston, Csaba P Kovesdy, Joseph F Pierre

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 2025 August 11. pmid:40788689, pmc:PMC12889979, doi:10.1681/ASN.0000000829
Germinated and Extruded Sorghum Beverage Presented Good Sensorial Acceptance and Improves Insulin and Satiety in Normoglycemic Adults: An Acute Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial

Lucimar Aguiar da Silva, Vinícius Parzanini Brilhante de São José, Adriane Moreira Machado, Pietra Vidal Cardoso do Prado, Marcela Benevenuto Ferreira, Haira Guedes Lúcio, Renata Celi Lopes Toledo, Flávia Galvão Cândido, Joseph Francis Pierre, Carlos Wanderlei Piler de Carvalho, Valéria Aparecida Vieira Queiroz, Bárbara Pereira da Silva, Hércia Stampini Duarte Martino

Journal of the American Nutrition Association. 2025 July 30. pmid:40736155, doi:10.1080/27697061.2025.2539424
Exercise-induced microbiota metabolite enhances CD8 T cell antitumor immunity promoting immunotherapy efficacy

Catherine M Phelps, Nathaniel B Willis, Tingting Duan, Amanda H Lee, Yue Zhang, Daphne M Rodriguez J, Surya P Pandey, Colin R Laughlin, Aaron B I Rosen, Alex C McPherson, Jake H Shapira, Simran K Randhawa, Lee Hedden, Tanner G Richie, Hallie M Wiechman, Mackenzie J Bender, Ina Nemet, Patrick A Zöhrer, Rachel A Gottschalk, Kathryn H Schmitz, Steven J Mullett, Stacy L Gelhaus, Diwakar Davar, Hassane M Zarour, Reinhard Hinterleitner, Thomas Mossington, Jonathan H Badger, Richard R Rodrigues, John A McCulloch, Sonny T M Lee, Karl-Heinz Wagner, Maria G Winter, Sebastian E Winter, Jishnu Das, Joseph F Pierre, Giorgio Trinchieri, Marlies Meisel

Cell. 2025 July 10. pmid:40639377, pmc:PMC12258965, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2025.06.018

The Pierre lab addresses a range of basic, translational, and clinical research questions focused on the gastrointestinal microbiome, nutrition, and gut physiology and disease. Our experimental models include bariatric surgery, parenteral and enteral nutrition, gnotobiotics, and organoid approaches. We perform microbiome community computational analysis and culturing techniques to investigate host-microbial interactions. From a nutrition standpoint, we are interested in the role of dairy products in supporting human health and nutrition and discovering novel uses for dairy components in the treatment of disease.