Jack Gilbert

About

Jack Gilbert is a clinical professor and Senior Lincoln Fellow in Applied Ethics at the College of Health Solutions. He is also a faculty member with the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. His research interests include assessment and strengthening of everyday ethics through ethical pathways such as culture, leadership, infrastructure, and personal integrity. He focuses on values-driven leadership, leading innovation, and stakeholder engagement for large-scale change. Gilbert has received recognition for his contributions, including the Service Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives in 2008 and the Strengthening Ethical Wisdom award in 2007. His educational background includes an Ed.D. from The George Washington University, a Master’s in Systems Management from Lancaster University in the UK, and a B.A. in Administration from North London College. His work emphasizes the importance of ethical decision-making and leadership in healthcare and management contexts.

Research topics

• Biology
• Computer Science
• Evolutionary biology
• Ecology
• Computational biology
• Genetics
• Political Science
• Zoology
• Microbiology
• Bioinformatics

Selected publications

• Correction: Suppression of local type I interferon by gut microbiota–derived butyrate impairs antitumor effects of ionizing radiation

  The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 2025-09-19

  articleOpen access
  PublisherDOI

• Water, Waterborne Pathogens and Public Health: Environmental Drivers. Report on an American Academy of Microbiology Colloquium held on Dec. 5 and 6, 2024 Washington (D.C.)

  HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2025-06-06

  report

  International audience

  Publisher

Recent grants

• Human Microbiome and Perinatal Depression

  NIH · $176k · 2018–2021

• Dimensions US-China: Collaborative Research: How historical constraints, local adaptation, and species interactions shape biodiversity across an ancient floristic disjunction

  NSF · $399k · 2015–2020

• The UCSD Microbiome and Metagenomics Center

  NIH · $550k · 2021–2026

Frequent coauthors

• Rob Knight

  University of California, San Diego

  219 shared

• Sean M. Gibbons

  Institute for Systems Biology

  201 shared

• Neil Gottel

  Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  129 shared

• Jarrad Hampton‐Marcell

  University of Illinois Chicago

  127 shared

• Sarah M. Owens

  Argonne National Laboratory

  102 shared

• Folker Meyer

  University of Duisburg-Essen

  96 shared

• Anukriti Sharma

  90 shared

• Eugene B. Chang

  University of Chicago

  88 shared

Education

• Other

  The George Washington University, D.C.

  2004

• M.A., Systems Management

  Lancaster, University U.K.

  1972

• B.A., Administration

  North London College, U.K.

  1966

Awards & honors

• Strengthening Ethical Wisdom (2007)
• Recommended reading, American College of Healthcare Executiv…
• Productivity Management (1990)

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