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Jeffrey M. Friedman

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US Physician scientist studying the genetic mechanisms that regulate body weight.

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1954 · age 72
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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.

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2020Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
2019Wolf Prize in Medicine
2018Foreign Member of the Royal Society
2016Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine
2014Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2013King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
2012Endocrine Regulation Prize
2012BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2011Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cardiovascular Research
2010Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
2010Clarivate Citation Laureates
2009Keio Medical Science Prize
2009Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
2007Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal
2005Canada Gairdner International Award
2001Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Metabolic Diseases Research
1996Heinrich Wieland Prize
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research

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Judah FolkmanAlso won Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cardiovascular ResearchCynthia KenyonAlso won King Faisal International Prize in MedicineFranz-Ulrich HartlAlso won Heinrich Wieland PrizeChristopher FieldAlso won BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge AwardRicardo MilediAlso won Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific ResearchRuslan MedzhitovAlso won Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal

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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. Friedman is a physician scientist studying the genetic mechanisms that regulate body weight.

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Born 1954 · age 72
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