I Ethics, Law, and Policy Biosketch

Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Hood is President and Director of the Institute for Systems Biology, which he founded in 2000 in Seattle, Washington. His research has focused on the study of molecular immunology, biotechnology, and genomics. He has published more than 600 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 46 coauthored textbooks in biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology, and genetics. Most recently, Dr. Hood’s lifelong contributions to biotechnology have earned him the prestigious 2004 Association for Molecular Pathology Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics. He was also awarded the 2003 Lemelson-MIT Prize for Innovation and Invention, 2002 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology, and 1987 Lasker Prize for his studies of the mechanism of immune diversity. Dr. Hood is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Association of Arts and Sciences, and NCI’s Board of Scientific Advisors.