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Academic
Mark Pimentel
gastroenterologist and researcher at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
Sept 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 15 Sept 2026
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Mark Pimentel: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- gastroenterologist and researcher at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
- Quoted on
- Long Covid
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 15 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Mark Pimentel sits on long covid
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Quoted in the press on long covid.
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Dr Charles ShepherdClinicianTrustee and Honorary Medical Adviser, The ME AssociationLeading- Professor Dmitry PshezhetskiyAcademicProfessorial Research Fellow, Norwich Medical School, University of East AngliaLeading
Dr. Ewan HunterBusiness leaderChief Data Officer, Oxford BioDynamics PlcLeading- Benjamin LevyAcademicgastroenterologist at the University of Chicago
- Madhusudan GroverAcademicgastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic who has spent 15 years studying the aftermath of Campylobacter infections
- Mark PimentelAcademicgastroenterologist and researcher at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
- Melody LiAcademicassociate professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and member of the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center
- Zhenlan YaoAcademicco-first author of the study and a former postdoctoral researcher in Li's lab, who will soon begin a research assistant professorship at Hong Kong University
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05 On the record · press
What Mark Pimentel has said
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- nationalgeographic.com
Where Mark Pimentel has been quoted
- How Food Poisoning Can Cause Symptoms That Last for Yearsnationalgeographic.com · 15 Sept 2026
- How Food Poisoning Can Cause Symptoms That Last for Years | National Geographicnationalgeographic.com · 15 Sept 2026
How we found the articles that name Mark Pimentel: we searched news for these terms.
- long covid
- post-covid syndrome
- long-haul covid
- ME/CFS
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- post-viral
- long covid clinic
Also searched with “long covid” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Long Covid
Verbatim
“If I had one day of diarrhea after coming back from Mexico 10 years ago, do I remember that? He suspects food poisoning causes closer to 60 percent of IBS.”
“The problem is the gut, and it is affecting the brain, and yes, there are brain manifestations, but I don't think the fault is the brain.”
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