Dr. Lisa E. Freed, M.D., Ph.D.
Positions
Draper Laboratory Senior Staff and MIT-Affiliated Research Scientist
Education
| B.S. 1982 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dept. of Biological Sciences |
| S.M. 1982 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dept. of Applied Biological Sciences |
| M.D. 1988 | Harvard Medical School , Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology |
| Ph.D. 1988 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dept. of Applied Biological Sciences |
| Postdoc. 1990 |
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology |
Professional Experience
| 1988–1989 | Fulbright Scholar, Institute for International Education |
| 1990–1990 | Lecturer, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) |
| 1991–1992 | Instructor, Harvard Medical School Dept. of Anatomy and Cellular Biology |
| 1993–1998 | Research Scientist with Principal Investigator (MIT/HST) |
| 1998–2009 | Principal Research Scientist (MIT/HST) |
| 2009–present | Senior Scientist, Draper Laboratory and MIT-Affiliated Research Scientist and PI |
Professional Activities
| 1995–1997 | NASA-NIH Advisory Committee on Biomedical and Behavioral Research |
| 1996–2004 |
NASA Scientific Oversight of Design and Testing of a Cell Culture Unit for the ISS |
| 1998–2004 |
NASA Scientific Working Group for International Space Station (ISS) Biotechnology Facility |
| 1999–2006 |
MIT Pre-Health Advisory Board |
2005–2006 | Fellow, MIT Leader-to-Leader (L2L) Program |
| 2005–present | Editorial Board, HST Newsletter The Connector |
| 2006–2007 |
MIT Environmental Health & Safety Working Committe |
| 2006–2007 | HST and Harvard Medical School Admissions Committee |
| 2006–2009 | Alumni Planning Board, MIT Leader-to-Leader Program |
| 2007–present | Ad-hoc member, NIH CSR Special Emphasis Panel 2007/10 ZHL1 CSR-N(01) |
| 2008–present | MIT Committee on Animal Care |
| 2009–present | Technical Advisor to 2010 FIRST LEGO League Challenge in Biomedical Engineering |
Honors and Awards
| 1982–1983 | M.A. Cartland-Shackford Medical Fellowship |
| 1985–1986 | American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship |
| 1986–1988 | Whitaker Health Sciences and Technology MD-PhD Fellowship |
| 1988–1989 | Fulbright Scholar, Institute for International Education (IIE) |
| 1991–1992 | National Institutes of Health NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| 2000 | Elected Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) |
| 2001 |
Wilhelm-Roux Prize for Basic Research from the German Society of Orthopedics |
| 2004 | Two NASA Space Act Awards for Inventions and other Scientific and Technical Contributions |
| 2005 | 3rd prize, Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technologies (CIMIT) Conference |
| 2006 | NASA Space Act Award for Inventions and other Scientific and Technical Contributions |