Tamar Gur

Tamar Gur studies how stress and mood during pregnancy affect the mother's and baby's gut microbiome, and how this in turn shapes brain development and psychiatric risk in offspring. Her work connects the 'gut-brain axis' (the communication network between digestive bacteria and the nervous system) to conditions like maternal depression, anxiety, and childhood attention and mood disorders. Much of her research uses tools from microbiology, neuroscience, and metabolism (such as tracking the amino acid tryptophan) to understand these links.

Publication output has grown over the last decade, rising from about 1 paper per year in 2017 to a peak of 13 in 2024, with a recent average of roughly 6-7 papers per year.

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