October, 2024Biosketch Philip M. Sherman, MD, FRCPC Philip Sherman is Senior Scientist-Emeritus in the Cell Biology Program in the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children, and Professor-Emeritus of Paediatrics, Medical Science, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. Sherman is a Past-President of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Past-President of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, and immediate past Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes. His research interests focus on the role of probiotics, prebiotics, and human milk oligosaccharides in settings of health and disease. Word count = 98