Rate My Professor Leroy Hood

In 2000, Hood co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), serving as its President from 2000 to 2017, and continues as Professor and Chief Strategy Officer. He also holds the position of Chief Science Officer and Senior Vice President at Providence St. Joseph Health since 2016. His research focuses on Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and wellness, spearheading a 1 million patient genome/phenome project to advance predictive, preventive, personalized, and participatory (P4) medicine. Hood has authored over 850 peer-reviewed publications, including highly cited works such as “Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome” (2001), “A distinct lineage of CD4 T cells regulates tissue inflammation by producing interleukin 17” (2005), and “Integration of biological networks and gene expression data using Cytoscape” (2007). He holds 36 patents, co-authored textbooks on biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology, genetics, and systems biology, and founded 15 biotechnology companies including Amgen, Applied Biosystems, and NanoString Technologies. Among his numerous honors—one of only 20 individuals elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1982), National Academy of Engineering (2007), and National Academy of Medicine (2003)—are the National Medal of Science (2011), Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (2002), Lemelson-MIT Prize (2003), and NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society (2017). He has received 18 honorary degrees from leading universities.