Sherwood Leslie Gorbach (born 1934) is an Emeritus Professor at
Tufts University School of Medicine
The Tufts University School of Medicine is the medical school of Tufts University, a Private university, private research university in Massachusetts. It was established in 1893 and is located on the university's health sciences campus in downto ...
. He was editor-in-chief of the journal ''
Clinical Infectious Diseases
''Clinical Infectious Diseases'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Oxford University Press covering research on the pathogenesis, clinical investigation, medical microbiology, diagnosis, immune mechanisms, and treatment of diseases ...
'' from 2000 to 2016.
Education
He graduated from
Brandeis University
, mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts"
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, type = Private research university
, accreditation = NECHE
, president = Ronald D. Liebowitz
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in 1955, and completed his
MD at Tufts University School of Medicine in 1962.
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (ATCC 53103) is a
strain
Strain may refer to:
Science and technology
* Strain (biology), variants of plants, viruses or bacteria; or an inbred animal used for experimental purposes
* Strain (chemistry), a chemical stress of a molecule
* Strain (injury), an injury to a mu ...
of
Lactobacillus rhamnosus
''Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus'' (previously ''Lactobacillus rhamnosus'') is a bacterium that originally was considered to be a subspecies of ''L. casei'', but genetic research found it to be a separate species in the ''L. casei'' clade, which a ...
that was isolated in 1983 from the intestinal tract of a healthy human by Gorbach and Barry Goldin; the 'GG' derives from the first letters of their surnames.
Awards
He was awarded the Alexander Fleming Award for Lifetime Achievement from the
Infectious Diseases Society of America
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is a medical association representing physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. It was founded in 1963 and is based in Arlington, Virginia. ...
in 2007.
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1934 births
Living people
Brandeis University alumni
Tufts University School of Medicine alumni
Tufts University School of Medicine faculty
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