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James Adams

President and chief executive officer at Gut-Brain-Axis Therapeutics

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Updated Nov 4, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 27, 2026·Suggest an edit

About James Adams

James Adams is president and chief executive officer of Gut-Brain-Axis Therapeutics, which is developing a gut bacteria transplant for autism and Pitt-Hopkins syndrome. He co-founded the company and is also one of its directors. He is a President's Professor at Arizona State University and directs its Autism/Asperger's Research Program, which studies the causes of autism and ways to help people with it.

He is also president and co-founder of Autism Diagnostics, LLC. Since 2013 he has been president and founder of the Autism Nutrition Research Center, which offers nutrition advice and supplements for people with autism. Also since 2013, he has been a co-founder of the Neurological Health Foundation and chair of its scientific advisory committee. The foundation is a charity that teaches parents how to have healthy children. From 2000 to 2022 he was president of the Autism Society of Greater Phoenix.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name James Adams in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Gut-Brain-Axis Therapeutics Inc. Current
President and Chief Executive Officer, director
2023 – Present · Tempe, AZ
Develops a treatment that replaces harmful gut bacteria with healthy donor bacteria, aimed at autism and Pitt-Hopkins syndrome.
Autism Nutrition Research Center Current
President and founder
2013 – Present
Neurological Health Foundation Current
Co-founder and chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee
2013 – Present
Arizona State University Current
President's Professor
Director, Autism/Asperger's Research Program
Autism Diagnostics, LLC Current
President and co-founder
Autism Society of Greater Phoenix
President
2000 – 2022

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people James Adams works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Gut-Brain-Axis Therapeutics Inc. · Form D/A, Oct 27, 2026
Alexander Khoruts
Alexander Khoruts
Chief Medical Officer and director
Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown
Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown
Chief Science Officer and director
Michael Sadowsky
Michael Sadowsky
Chief Manufacturing and Operations Officer, director

James Adams in the News

Sources

  1. SECGut-Brain-Axis Therapeutics Inc. Form D/A, filed Oct 27, 2026
  2. Company siteAutism Nutrition Research Center home page (what the organization does)
  3. Company siteNeurological Health Foundation home page (what the organization does)