Jack A Gilbert, PhD

Professor,
Department of Pediatrics
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
UC San Diego

Areas of Expertise: Microbiome, Ecology, Built Environment, Human Health

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Recent relevant publications:

Marotz C, Belda-Ferre P, Ali F, Das P, Huang S, Cantrell K, Jiang L, Martino C, Diner RE, Rahman G, McDonald D, Armstrong G, Kodera S, Donato S, Ecklu-Mensah G, Gottel N, Garcia MCS, Chiang LY, Salido RA, Shaffer JP, Bryant M, Sanders K, Humphrey G, Ackermann G, Haiminen N, Beck KL, Kim HC, Carrieri AP, Parida L, Vázquez-Baeza Y, Torriani FJ, Knight R, Gilbert JA, Sweeney DA, Allard SM. Microbial context predicts SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in patients and the hospital built environment. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2020 Nov 22:2020.11.19.20234229. doi: 10.1101/2020.11.19.20234229. Update in: Microbiome. 2021 Jun 8;9(1):132. PMID: 33236030; PMCID: PMC7685343. 

Salido RA, Morgan SC, Rojas MI, Magallanes CG, Marotz C, DeHoff P, Belda-Ferre P, Aigner S, Kado DM, Yeo GW, Gilbert JA, Laurent L, Rohwer F, Knight R. Handwashing and Detergent Treatment Greatly Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load on Halloween Candy Handled by COVID-19 Patients. mSystems. 2020 Oct 29;5(6):e01074-20. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.01074-20. PMID: 33127739; PMCID: PMC7743156.