Who Let The Dogs In? The Shared Human Canine Microbiome!

You share your life, your walks, your bed, and your food with your best friend, but what else do you share with your dog?

Join Dr. Taylor Gin, DVM, DACVIM, PhD, for an overview of the scientific research evaluating microbial sharing between dogs and their owners! From single organisms, such as COVID 19, to complex bacterial communities called the microbiome, humans and dogs may or may not share that much microbially! Dr. Gin will discuss the most recent research using the latest technology to study the human canine microbiome and the challenges associated with proving microbial sharing between humans and canines!

Taylor Gin, DVM, DACVIM, PhD, is a postdoctoral scholar at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in the Birkenheuer Lab. Her work focuses on the computational challenges of demonstrating microbial sharing between humans and their pets, as well as infectious diseases of domestic animals. She is a veterinary internal medicine specialist and works at veterinary schools around the country. She finished veterinary school at Texas A&M University in 2017, completed her board-certification in Internal Medicine in 2021, and her PhD in comparative biosciences in 2025 through an NIH-funded fellowship.

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