# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeffrey-m-friedman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:32:41.369Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jeffrey-m-friedman"
name: "Jeffrey M. Friedman"
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description: "Jeffrey M. Friedman is a molecular geneticist at New York City's Rockefeller University and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His discovery of the hormone leptin and its role in regulating body weight has had a major role in the area of human obesity.\nFriedman is a physician scientist studying the genetic mechanisms that regulate body weight."
tagline: "US Physician scientist studying the genetic mechanisms that regulate body weight."
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birthDate: "1954-07-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump