She has years of experience working with women and their families in clinic and hospital settings. Abby is currently studying environmental toxicants that disrupt normal gut bacteria and negatively influence maternal and fetal health. Endocrine disrupting chemicals are harmful in pregnancy, causing lifelong changes to a woman’s microbiome and neurological damage to the fetus. Abby focuses her work with the medical community in this area by investigating environmental health exposures to the fetus during pregnancy and the link to future poor health outcomes.