As the head of a funding agency, I would be most excited to fund a research project regarding the relationship between the microbiome and the onset of heart disease. This is because heart disease is the leading cause of death in the world (it accounts for 15.5% of deaths) and has been for the past 80 years. If we could perform studies to deeply understand how the microbiome affects heart disease, we may be able to come up with a cure. This may allow us to treat this disease by treating elements of the microbiome that contribute to its onset.
