Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine 2009 Laureate

Jeffrey M Friedman, born 1954 in Orlando, Florida, is currently Marilyn M Simpson Professor of The Rockefeller University and Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College of Union University in 1976 and his PhD from the Rockefeller University in 1986. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.

The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine 2009 is awarded in equal shares to Douglas L Coleman and Jeffrey M Friedman for their work leading to the discovery of leptin, a hormone that regulates food intake and body weight.