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Leonard Freedman

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Chief Science Officer at Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
📍 Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States

Leonard Freedman is the Chief Science Officer at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. His extensive career spans academia, with roles at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, the pharmaceutical industry at Merck and Wyeth, and non-profit leadership as the founding President of the Global Biological Standards Institute. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Rochester.

Outside of his scientific work, he is a road cycling enthusiast and has participated in multi-day charity rides to raise funds for a childrens hospital. In college, he considered majoring in philosophy or psychology before discovering his passion for laboratory research. He enjoys spending time with his wife and four children.

Unique fact: He decided against a career in medicine the night before he was scheduled to take the medical school entrance exam, choosing to pursue research instead.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Chief Science Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States
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Scientific Reproducibility
As founding President of the Global Biological Standards Institute and organizer of a 2026 symposium on the topic, he is a leading advocate for improving research standards.
Translational Medicine
His stated focus at the Frederick National Laboratory is translating science into medicine to benefit patients with cancer, AIDS, and other health challenges.
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Career

Work history

11-2018
Chief Science Officer
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
11-2018
Executive Vice President
Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
10-2012 - 8-2018
President
GBSI - The Global Biological Standards Institute
10-2012 - 6-2014
Acting Chief Scientific Officer
ATCC
4-2009 - 10-2012
Vice Dean for Research and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jefferson Medical College
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Leonard Freedman, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research — A Shared Biomedical National Resource. Featured in Purdue ITAP MediaSpace
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Education
1980 - 1985
Ph.D.
University of Rochester
1976 - 1980
B.A.
Kalamazoo College
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