This year marks the 27th anniversary for USF Health Research Day 2017 to be held on Friday, February 24, 2017. The agenda for Research Day will include poster sessions, an invited oral presentation session, keynote lecture, and an awards program. This year’s featured keynote speaker is Jack A. Gilbert, PhD, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Microbiome Center at the University of Chicago and Group Leader of Microbial Ecology at the Argonne National Laboratory. His presentation title is Invisible Influence: The Microbiome and Human Health.