Warren J. Leonard, M.D.
NIH Distinguished Investigator
Laboratory of Molecular Immunology
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Bethesda, Maryland

​
Dr. Warren J. Leonard received his A.B. in mathematics, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Princeton University in 1973 and his M.D. from Stanford University in 1977. 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 in 1981. He began directing his own laboratory in the Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in 1985 and then joined the NHLBI in 1992. 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, and the Honorary Lifetime Membership Award of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society. Dr. Leonard has authored or coauthored more than 300 articles and book chapters and holds 19 patents. He is currently an Associate Editor and former Co-Editor of Immunity, on the editorial board of Cytokine, an Associate Editor of International Immunology, and a contributing member of the Faculty of 1000. Moreover, he is Past-president of the International Cytokine Society, a member of the Board and former Vice President of the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES), a member of 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, and a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies.

More about Dr. Leonard