Leroy Hood
![Leroy Hood, in 2011](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Lee_Hood%2C_MD%2C_PhD%2C_President_and_Co-found_of_the_Institute_for_Systems_Biology.jpg)
Hood established the first cross-disciplinary biology department, the Department of Molecular Biotechnology (MBT), at the University of Washington in 1992, and co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology in 2000. Hood is credited with introducing the term "systems biology", and advocates for "P4 medicine", medicine that is "predictive, personalized, preventive, and participatory." ''Scientific American'' counted him among the 10 most influential people in the field of biotechnology in 2015.
Hood was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2007 for the invention and commercialization of key instruments, notably the automated DNA sequencer, that have enabled the biotechnology revolution. Provided by Wikipedia
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