Martin Blaser
Physician and microbiome researcher
Martin J. Blaser is an American physician who has studied bacteria and human disease for more than thirty years. He is the author of Missing Microbes.
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American Born 1948 in New York City, United States
About Martin Blaser
Martin J. Blaser, born in 1948, is an American physician and a researcher in microbiology and infectious diseases. His work has focused on Helicobacter pylori, Campylobacter, Salmonella, Bacillus anthracis and the human microbiome. He has directed the Human Microbiome Program at New York University (NYU), served as chair of medicine there, and held the presidency of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He has also directed the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine at Rutgers and holds the Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome. Blaser co-founded the Bellevue Literary Review, and in 2013 he joined the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a member. His book in our catalog is Missing Microbes.