Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, director of the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine.
The annual prize, awarded by the King Faisal Foundation in Saudi Arabia, recognizes scientists whose research has major benefits to humanity.
Gordon is being honored for his discovery linking nutritional health to the inner workings of the tens of trillions of microbes that live in the gut. Gordon, the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor, also directs the Center for Gut Microbiome and Nutrition Research at Washington University.
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