2026 Annual George & Lily Boxer Memorial Lecture: Jeffrey M. Friedman, MD, PhD

“On the Causes of Obesity and Its Treatment, The End of the Beginning”

Date & Time: November 12, 2026, 4:00 PM

Location: Location to be announced; reception to follow

Speaker: Jeffrey M. Friedman, MD, PhD
Marilyn M. Simpson Professor and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University

Dr. Friedman has won numerous awards for his groundbreaking discovery of leptin, paving the way for the development of neuropeptide‑based therapies for metabolic diseases and obesity.

Hosted by: Child Health Institute and the Department of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey