Andrew L. Goodman
Andrew L. Goodman
C.N.H. Long Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Director of Microbial Sciences Institute; Chair, Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine
Elected to the Academy in 2024

Education

Princeton University, 1999, AB, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Harvard Medical School and Harvard University, 2006, PhD, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Professional Area(s)

Mechanisms of host-microbiome interaction; lab develops new approaches for microbiology, including transposon insertion sequencing, personalized microbiota culture collections, and regulated control of microbiome gene expression in live animals; lab group has used these approaches to understand the role of the microbiome in pathogen infection and drug response

Citation

For pioneering contributions to our understanding of the gut microbiome, including mechanisms of host-pathogen-microbiome interaction and the role of the microbiome in drug efficacy and toxicity.