Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon is Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology at Washington University in St. Louis
Jeffrey I. Gordon received his BA from Oberlin College and his MD from the University of Chicago Medical School. He is internationally known for his research on gastrointestinal development and how gut microbial communities affect normal intestinal function, shape various aspects of human physiology including our nutritional status and affect predisposition to diseases. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Philosophical Society. He is the Principal Investigator in the Lab of Jeffrey I. Gordon at Washington University in St. Louis and holds 25 US patents.