# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/douglas-a-melton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:33:49.230Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/douglas-a-melton"
name: "Douglas A. Melton"
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description: "Douglas A. Melton is an American medical researcher who is the Xander University Professor at Harvard University, and was an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute until 2022. Melton is a co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and was an original co-chairman of the Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. Melton was involved in the founding of several biotech companies including Gilead Sciences, Ontogeny, iPierian, and Semma Therapeutics. Melton is a member of the National Academy of the Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a founding member of the International Society for Stem Cell Research."
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birthDate: "1953-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump