WHS Session F: Clocking in for Tissue Health: Timing Your Way to Better Barriers

This session examines how nutritional status and circadian rhythms shape epithelial function and resilience. Presentations will explore how feeding–fasting cycles and the body’s internal clock influence skin physiology, repair, and metabolic balance, as well as how circadian disruption compromises mucosal barrier integrity, predisposing to inflammation and systemic disease. Together, these insights reveal shared mechanisms through which time and metabolism coordinate epithelial health across organ systems.

Skin Under the Influence of Feeding, Fasting, and the Circadian Clock
Bogi Anderson, MD

Circadian Clocks and Barrier Integrity: A Gateway to Inflammation and Disease
Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD