Maria Freire, PhD, has been named president of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Freire comes to the FNIH from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, where she served as president since 2008. Prior to joining the Lasker Foundation, Dr. Freire served as president and CEO of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development from 2001 to 2008, director of the Office of Technology Transfer at the National Institutes of Health from 1995 to 2001 and led the Office of Technology Development at the University of Maryland at Baltimore and the University of Maryland Baltimore County from 1989 to 1995.
Dr. Freire completed her undergraduate education at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, and her PhD in biophysics from the University of Virginia. She has also completed post-graduate work in immunology and virology at the University of Virginia and the University of Tennessee, respectively.
Dr. Freire comes to the FNIH from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, where she served as president since 2008. Prior to joining the Lasker Foundation, Dr. Freire served as president and CEO of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development from 2001 to 2008, director of the Office of Technology Transfer at the National Institutes of Health from 1995 to 2001 and led the Office of Technology Development at the University of Maryland at Baltimore and the University of Maryland Baltimore County from 1989 to 1995.
Dr. Freire completed her undergraduate education at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, and her PhD in biophysics from the University of Virginia. She has also completed post-graduate work in immunology and virology at the University of Virginia and the University of Tennessee, respectively.
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