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Dr. Lisa E. Freed, M.D., Ph.D.

Senior Member of Technical Staff,
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory,
and MIT-Affiliated Research Scientist,
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology

and the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science.

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 Services

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

2006–2007

MIT Environmental Health & Safety Working Committe

2006–2007

HST and Harvard Medical School Admissions Committee

2006–2008

Alumni Planning Board, MIT Leader-to-Leader Program

2008–2014

MIT Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

2009–2010

Advisor to the 2010 FIRST LEGO League’s Challenge ‘Body Forward’

ongoing

ad hoc Reviewer for Scientific Journals and NIH Study Sections

Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship (1981); M.A. Cartland-Shackford Medical Predoctoral Fellowship (1982); American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship (1985); Whitaker Health Sciences and Technology MD-PhD Fellowship (1986);  Fulbright Fellowship (1988); Harvard University Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship (1988); American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow (2000);  Wilhelm-Roux Prize for Basic Research from the German Society of Orthopedics (2001); NASA Space Act Awards for Inventions and other Scientific and Technical Contributions (2004, 2006); Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technologies Award (2005); MIT Leader-to-Leader (L2L) Fellow (2006); NASA Tech Brief Award for Inventions and other Scientific and Technical Contributions (2010); Koch Institute Image Award (2012); Mass High Tech Women to Watch (2012)