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Richard Lerner, M.D., is a member of the Kraft Foods Board of Directors and President of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, one of the largest private non-profit research organizations in the United States. In addition to directing the institute’s scientific activities, Dr. Lerner is the Lita Annenberg Hazen Professor of Immunochemistry, the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Chair in Chemistry, and a member of The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at Scripps Research.
Prior to assuming the role of President of The Scripps Research Institute, Dr. Lerner served as chair of the Department of Molecular Biology of Scripps Research from 1982 to 1986. He has held staff appointments at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia and at the Research Institute of Scripps Clinic (later renamed The Scripps Research Institute).
Dr. Lerner has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1994, the California Scientist of the Year Award in 1996, and the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize in 2003. Dr. Lerner is on the editorial boards of several research journals and has been elected to many scientific societies, boards and academies, including the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Lerner graduated from Northwestern University and Stanford Medical School. He interned at Palo Alto Stanford Hospital and received postdoctoral training at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in experimental pathology.
Dr. Lerner is also on the boards of eXegenics Inc. and Sequenom, Inc. | 