Molecular Immunology

Dr. Warren J. Leonard received his A.B. in mathematics, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Princeton University and his M.D. from Stanford University. After completing residency training in medicine at Barnes Hospital and a year of research in biochemistry at Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Leonard came to the NIH as a postdoctoral fellow in the Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute. He began directing his own laboratory in the Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and then joined the NHLBI. Dr. Leonard is the recipient of many honors and awards, including the American Federation for Clinical Research Foundation Outstanding Investigator Award, the Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Outstanding Service Award, the American Association of Immunologists (AAI)-Huang Foundation Meritorious Career Award, the Honorary Lifetime Membership Award of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society, the Milstein Award of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society, and the Harrington Prize. Dr. Leonard has authored or coauthored more than 400 articles and book chapters and holds 25 patents. He is currently an Advisory Board member and former Co-Editor of Immunity and on the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Moreover, he is Past-president of the International Cytokine Society, former Vice President of the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) and former member of the Council of the Association of American Physicians, a member of the National Academy of Inventors, the American Association of Immunologists, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Henry Kunkel Society, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine), the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.