Rawfork Podcast

Join host Jenna Carmichael, PharmD on this episode of the Holistic Pharmacy Podcast, Journal Club Edition for a discussion on From gut dysbiosis to altered brain function and mental illness: mechanisms and pathways with guest Angela Cates, PharmD, BCPS, CFMP. Dr. Angela Cates is a pharmacist, board certified pharmacotherapy specialist, and certified functional medicine practitioner. She is a graduate of the Purdue University School of Pharmacy. In 2020, Angela founded Cates Pharmacy Consulting, LLC focused on ensuring safe medication use, and in 2021 she pivoted her practice to include a functional medicine approach and created Cultivate Health & Wellness with a focus on the gut-brain connection. Cultivate Health & Wellness serves parents of children and teens working to identify and reverse the underlying causes of their child’s anxiety and depression. Angela uses an integrative approach, with a focus on the gut microbiome, pharmacogenomics, nutrigenomics, and functional lab testing to optimize mental we