# Sungwhan Oh Assistant Professor ![oh_sungwhan.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/immunologyphd/files/oh_sungwhan.jpg?itok=vfXp7M5_) location\_on Brigham and Women's Hospital 60 Fenwood Rd, BTM 3016L Boston, MA 02115 smartphone [(617) 525-5007]() email laptop\_windows [Lab Website](https://microh.bwh.harvard.edu/) laptop\_windows [Publications](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=sungwhan+oh) Symbiotic microbiota residing on the body surface (gut lumen, skin and other areas) easily outnumbers our own cells and dwarfs our genome by hundred folds with their metagenome. Large-scale research projects such as Human Microbiome Project have provided in-depth demographic and spatial information of microbiota-nonetheless, how our microbial tenants contribute to host physiology and pathology in the complex context of host-microbiota-environment interactions remains elusive. As critical mediators of host-microbiota communication, we are interested in metabolites produced by symbionts. By synergizing orthogonal approaches of metabolomics, microbiology and immunology, we focus on assigning novel structures and elucidating functions of these small molecules, which may regulate host immune development as well as determine host susceptibility and resistance to the various immune diseases. - ## Experimental Approach [Immunopharmacology](/experimental-approach/immunopharmacology) [Molecular Immunology](/experimental-approach/molecular-immunology) [Technology Development](/experimental-approach/technology-development) - ## Field of Study [Antigen Presentation / Processing](/field-study/antigen-presentation-processing) [Immune Regulation](/field-study/immune-regulation) [Inflammation](/field-study/inflammation) [Innate Immunity](/field-study/innate-immunity) [Mucosal Immunology](/field-study/mucosal-immunology) [Natural Killer Cells](/field-study/natural-killer-cells) [T Cells](/field-study/t-cells) - ## Location [Brigham & Women's Hospital](/location/brigham-womens-hospital) - ## Organism [Bacteria](/organism/bacteria) [Mouse](/organism/mouse) - ## People [Faculty](/people/faculty)