Dr. Verdú holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Microbial Therapeutics and Nutrition in Gastroenterology. She is Associate Director of the Farncombe Institute at McMaster University where she studies microbial metabolism of dietary antigens and its role in food sensitivities and intestinal inflammation. She is Senior Associate Editor for the journal Gastroenterology and Secretary of the International Society for the Study of Celiac Disease. She received the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) Master’s Award, the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Research Excellence Award, the Crohn’s and Colitis Canada-Pfeizer Women in IBD Outstanding Research Award, and an AGA Mentor in Research Award.