Stanford School of Medicine
Digestive Disease Center–

David A. Relman

Email:
Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Relman/
Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Professor
Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
Member
Cancer Center
Member
Bio-X
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Medicine ; Microbiology and Immunology ;
 
Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
2006
NIH Director's Pioneer Award
NIH
2006
Kinyoun Lecturer
NIAID/NIH
2005
Fellow
American Academy of Microbiology
2003
Senior Scholar Award in Global Infectious Diseases
Ellison Medical Foundation
2002
6  honors and awards: view full list
Administrative Appointments
Title
Organization
Start Year
End Year
Forum on Microbial Threats, Chair (2007-)
Institute of Medicine, NAS
2005
2008
Chief, Infectious Diseases
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
2002
-
Board of Scientific Councilors (Chair, 2007-)
NIDCR, NIH
2003
-
Director, Infectious Diseases Training Program
Stanford University School of Medicine
2003
-
National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
2005
2009
6  appointments: view full list
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
S.B.
M.I.T.
Biology
1977
M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Medicine
1982
Web Site Links
Research/Lab website:   http://relman.stanford.edu
Research Interests

My investigative program falls within the general themes of host-pathogen interactions and human microbial ecology, and is divided into two research areas:
1) Ecology of human indigenous microbial communities;
2) Classification of humans and non-human primates with systemic infectious diseases, based on features of genome-wide gene transcript abundance patterns.

Projects in these areas include the following:

1) Ecology of human indigenous microbial communities
• Molecular ecology of human oral cavity, including health and disease (chronic periodontitis)
• Molecular ecology of human intestinal tract, including health and disease (inflammatory bowel disease)
• Microbes associated with pre-term labor and delivery
• Patterns of bacterial diversity in marine mammals

2) Classification of humans and non-human primates with systemic infectious diseases, based on features of genome-wide gene transcript abundance patterns
• Classification of patients with fever and systemic infection, based on causative agent and clinical course
• Host response patterns to malaria and dengue fever
• Patterns of host transcript abundance in smallpox, monkeypox, and filovirus infections

Community and International Work
  • Chief Medical Officer, Rock Medicine, Haight-Ashbury Medical Clinics More »
Publications
  • Eckburg PB, Relman DA "The role of microbes in Crohn's disease." Clin Infect Dis 2007; 44: 2: 256-62 More »
  • Dethlefsen L, Relman DA "The importance of individuals and scale: moving towards single cell microbiology." Environ Microbiol 2007; 9: 1: 8-10 More »
  • Simmons CP, Popper S, Dolocek C, Chau TN, Griffiths M, Dung NT, Long TH, Hoang DM, Chau NV, Thao le TT, Hien TT, Relman DA, Farrar J "Patterns of host genome-wide gene transcript abundance in the peripheral blood of patients with acute dengue hemorrhagic Fever." J Infect Dis 2007; 195: 8: 1097-107 More »
  • Gogol EB, Cummings CA, Burns RC, Relman DA "Phase variation and microevolution at homopolymeric tracts in Bordetella pertussis." BMC Genomics 2007; 8: 1: 122 More »
  • Lawley TD, Bouley DM, Hoy YE, Gerke C, Relman DA, Monack DM "Host transmission of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is controlled by virulence factors and the indigenous intestinal microbiota." Infect Immun 2007; More »
128 publications:   view full list

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