Martin J. Blaser

Martin Jack Blaser (born December 8, 1948 in New York City ) is an American microbiologist at Rutgers University (since January 2019).

Blaser earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MD from New York University in 1973 with a medical degree. Blaser's academic posts included Vanderbilt University and the New York University School of Medicine. From 2000 to 2012 he was chair of internal medicine. He heads the Antimicrobial Resistance Expert Advisory Board for the United States Department of Health .

Blaser is known for his work on the biology and pathogenesis of Campylobacter and Helicobacter pylori . He found evidence that H. pylori causes gastric ulcers and certain forms of gastric cancer , but protects against reflux disease and esophageal cancer . More recent works by Blaser deal in general with the role of the human microbiome for health and the importance of the increasing use of caesarean sections and antibiotics , which lead to a certain " extinction of species " in the microbiome, for the development of diseases such as bronchial asthma , obesity and diabetes mellitus and cancer .

Blaser is the author of over 580 scientific publications . According to Google Scholar (July 2019) it has an h-index of 162. His popular science book Missing Microbes has been translated into 20 languages ​​and was published in German under the title Antibiotika Overkill ( ISBN 978-3451600234 ).

Martin Balser is married to Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello , who is also a microbiome researcher.

Awards (selection)

• 2006 President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
• 2013 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2014 Alexander Fleming Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
• 2019 Robert Koch Medal
• Member of the National Academy of Medicine

Web links

• Martin J. Blaser, MD at Rutgers University (rutgers.edu)
• martinblaser.com
• Modern Medicine May Not Be Doing Your Microbiome Any Favors. Interview (Transscript) with Martin Blaser at National Public Radio (npr.org)

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Cramer: Rutgers Names New Director for Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine. In: rutgers.edu. Rutgers University , December 10, 2018, accessed July 14, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Martin Blaser. In: orcid.org. ORCID , accessed on July 14, 2019 . 
3. ^ Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH): Voting Member (SGE): Martin J. Blaser, MD (Chair). In: hhs.gov. US Department of Health & Human Services, June 11, 2019, accessed July 14, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Martin Blaser. In: scholar.google.de. Google Scholar Citations, accessed July 14, 2019 . 
5. ↑ IDSA Presidents. In: idsociety.org. Infectious Diseases Society of America , accessed July 14, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter B. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed July 14, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Martin J. Blaser. In: amacad.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences , March 2016, accessed July 14, 2019 . 
8. ^ Alexander Fleming Award Winners. In: idsociety.org. Infectious Diseases Society of America , accessed July 14, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Martin J. Blaser. In: robert-koch-stiftung.de. Robert Koch Foundation, accessed July 14, 2019 .