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Jeffrey I. Gordon

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Jeffrey I. Gordon is an American biologist who holds the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professorship at Washington University School of Medicine, where he directs the Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology. Regarded as a founder of human microbiome research, his studies of healthy and undernourished children in low and middle income countries have shown how the community of microbes in the gut develops in early childhood and how a disrupted gut microbiome can contribute to childhood undernutrition.

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Biology 1
Field (category)
Medicine 1
Birth Year
1947 1
Nationality
United States 1
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  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    Gordon is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts & Science
  • Member Of: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Categories
    Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Works In: Biology, Lead sentence
    Jeffrey I. Gordon is the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor and Director of The Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology at Washington University School of Medicine.
  • Works In: Medicine, Lead sentence
    Jeffrey I. Gordon is the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor and Director of The Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology at Washington University School of Medicine.
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