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Jeffrey M. Friedman

ジェフリー・フリードマン　/　じぇふりー・ふりーどまん

American geneticist

July 20, 1954 (age 71)　・　Orlando, Florida, United States

Florida
geneticist
university teacher

My Take

Jeffrey M. Friedman is the kind of scientist whose work quietly reshaped how we understand ourselves. Born in Orlando in 1954, the Rockefeller University geneticist discovered leptin, the hormone that regulates body weight, and in doing so reframed obesity as biology rather than mere willpower. The Lasker, Gairdner, King Faisal and Keio prizes on his shelf only hint at the impact. What moves me isn't the trophy count but the idea that a single careful discovery can lift blame off millions of people. I admire researchers like him who chase a hard question for decades and let the results, not the spotlight, do the talking.

Overview

Jeffrey M. Friedman (born July 20, 1954) 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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1. Profile

Name (English): Jeffrey M. Friedman
Name (Japanese): ジェフリー・フリードマン
Reading: じぇふりー・ふりーどまん
Born: July 20, 1954 (age 71)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Horse
Origin: Orlando, Florida, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: geneticist / university teacher

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: George W. Hewlett High School
University: Albany Medical College

Awards & achievements

2010 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
2005 Canada Gairdner International Award
2013 King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
2016 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine
2009 Keio Medical Science Prize
1996 Heinrich Wieland Prize
2012 Endocrine Regulation Prize
2012 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

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