Dr. Yan Lam is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Chinese Herbal Medicine Drug Development of Hong Kong Baptist University. Her initial training was in nutritional biochemistry followed by professional qualification and practice in clinical dietetics in Australia. Now pursuing a career in academic research, her broad research interest is to understand how diet impacts health, with the ultimate aim of developing evidence-based nutritional advice to improve metabolic wellbeing. Currently, Dr. Lam’s research primarily focuses on developing diagnostics and therapeutics that target the gut microbiota. A specific focus is to utilize Chinese herbal medicine that not only directly benefits the human host but may also shape the gut microbial ecosystem into a structure that best supports human health.