Bernard Friedenson
Associate Professor
University of Illinois Chicago
USA
Biography
Bernard Friedenson is a PhD research scientist authoring nearly 70 publications. Friedenson received an NIH research career development award and recently won an Innocentive Award in competition with nearly 400 other scientists. After a B.A. in honors chemistry-mathematics at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a PhD in biochemistry-organic chemistry at the University of Minnesota, he did post-doctoral work at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, where he rose to senior cancer research scientist, specializing in immunology. As a faculty member at the University of Illinois Chicago, he acquired 13 years further training in medical sciences, molecular medicine and genomics. B.F. has chaired sessions at international cancer meetings and serves as a reviewer for multiple journals. One of his publications is still advancing among the top 100 most accessed among about 360 BioMed Central journals.
Research Interest
Immunogenomics, Cancer Genomics, Genomic Medicine