Frank L. Douglas
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Frank L. Douglas M.D., Ph.D.
is a Guyanese American
medical doctor and researcher. Douglas resigned from his appointment as a professor of practice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in July 2007 after the university's administration refused to consider granting Assistant Professor James Sherley
tenure.
Douglas graduated from Lehigh University
, received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University
, completed an internship and residency in internal medicine
at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, and a fellowship in neuroendocrinology at the National Institutes of Health
. Douglas taught clinical pharmacology at the Pritzker School of Medicine
before becoming a professor of practice at MIT and establishing the Center for Biomedical Innovation Management.
Douglas currently sits on the Board of Trustees at Lehigh University and Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main as well as the board of directors at NitroMed, Gene Logic, and Altanos Pharmaceuticals Holding.
Dr Frank L, Douglas is a Guyanese American medical doctor and researcher. He is a 2010 GQ magazine Rock Star of Science and a 2007 Black History Maker Awardee. He was twice the recipient of the Global Pharmaceutical Research and Development Director of Year Award.
Dr Douglas is a twenty-four year veteran of the Pharmaceutical industry where he held several leadership positions, including Chief Scientific Officer, Executive Vice President responsible for Research and Development, and member of the Board of Management of Aventis AG. He is presently President and CEO of the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron. Prior to this he was founder and first executive director of the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation from which he resigned to protest the treatment of another professor, who was denied tenure at MIT. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Multiple Myeloma Foundation, and trustee of Akron Tomorrow. He is lead author of the White Paper, entitled: Value-Driven Engineering and U,S, Competitiveness: A call for a Platform to Advance Value- Driven Engineering.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
is a Guyanese American
Guyanese American
Guyanese Americans are citizens and residents of the United States who can trace their ancestry back to the South American and Caribbean nation of Guyana, or a Guyanese who emigrated to the United States but has American citizenship.- History :...
medical doctor and researcher. Douglas resigned from his appointment as a professor of practice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
in July 2007 after the university's administration refused to consider granting Assistant Professor James Sherley
James Sherley
James Sherley is a biological engineer at Boston Biomedical Research Institute.Sherley's education includes a B.S. from Harvard University and an M.D and a Ph.D from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow with Arnold J...
tenure.
Douglas graduated from Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
, received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, completed an internship and residency in internal medicine
Internal medicine
Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...
at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, and a fellowship in neuroendocrinology at the National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
. Douglas taught clinical pharmacology at the Pritzker School of Medicine
Pritzker School of Medicine
The Pritzker School of Medicine is the M.D. granting unit of the Biological Sciences Division of the University of Chicago. It is located on the University's main campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, and matriculated its first class in 1927...
before becoming a professor of practice at MIT and establishing the Center for Biomedical Innovation Management.
Douglas currently sits on the Board of Trustees at Lehigh University and Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main as well as the board of directors at NitroMed, Gene Logic, and Altanos Pharmaceuticals Holding.
External links
- MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation biography
- Discrimination in academia – The Scientist article by Douglas
Dr Frank L, Douglas is a Guyanese American medical doctor and researcher. He is a 2010 GQ magazine Rock Star of Science and a 2007 Black History Maker Awardee. He was twice the recipient of the Global Pharmaceutical Research and Development Director of Year Award.
Dr Douglas is a twenty-four year veteran of the Pharmaceutical industry where he held several leadership positions, including Chief Scientific Officer, Executive Vice President responsible for Research and Development, and member of the Board of Management of Aventis AG. He is presently President and CEO of the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron. Prior to this he was founder and first executive director of the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation from which he resigned to protest the treatment of another professor, who was denied tenure at MIT. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Multiple Myeloma Foundation, and trustee of Akron Tomorrow. He is lead author of the White Paper, entitled: Value-Driven Engineering and U,S, Competitiveness: A call for a Platform to Advance Value- Driven Engineering.