Jeffrey M. Friedman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jeffrey M. Friedman
Occupation	Geneticist
Date Of Birth	Jul 20, 1954(1954-07-20)
Age	70
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Cancer

Jeffrey M. Friedman Biography

Jeffrey M. Friedman is one of the most popular and richest Geneticist who was born on July 20, 1954 in New York, New York, United States. Geneticist who discovered the hormone leptin, which transmits a weight- reducing signal by reducing food intake and increasing energy expenditure. His research has a major role in how we understand and combat human obesity

He was featured on “Scientific American Frontiers” with host Alan Alda.

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. His research on various aspects of obesity received national attention in late 1994, when it was announced that he and his colleagues had isolated the mouse ob gene and its human homologue. They subsequently found that injections of the encoded protein, leptin, decreases body weight of mice by reducing food intake and increasing energy expenditure. Current research is aimed at understanding the genetic basis of obesity in human and the mechanisms by which leptin transmits its weight-reducing signal.

Friedman was appointed Assistant Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at The Rockefeller University in 1986, promoted to Associate Investigator in 1991, and Investigator in 1996 and received the Marilyn M. Simpson professorship in 1998.

He has two daughters named Alex and Nathalie.

Jeffrey M. Friedman Net Worth

Jeffrey M. Friedman is one of the richest Geneticist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeffrey M. Friedman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He received his medical degree from Albany Medical College when he was just 22 years old.

He was awarded the Danone International Prize for Nutrition in 2007.

Friedman was born in Orlando, Florida on July 20, 1954, and grew up in North Woodmere, New York, graduating from Hewlett High School in the Class of 1971. As a young man he aspired to becoming a physician. He entered a six-year medical program out of high school and received his M.D. at the age of 22. But after a year-long fellowship working in the laboratory of Mary Jane Kreek, he fell in love with the science life. “As a doctor, you’re trained to absorb the facts you’re given and accept them,” says Friedman. “Science is almost the opposite. It’s a frontier of discovery that’s always moving. And I decided I wanted to do research.” Friedman started his affiliation with the Rockefeller University in 1980, where he was awarded a Ph.D. degree in 1986. Friedman received a BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1973 and M.D. degree from Albany Medical College in 1977 and completed a medical residency at Albany Medical College in 1980. From 1980 to 1981, he also served as a postgraduate fellow at Cornell University Medical College.

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Jeffrey Ranked on the list of most popular Geneticist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jeffrey M. Friedman celebrates birthday on July 20 of every year.