Prof. Marino De Leon

Marino De Leon is the founding director of the Loma Linda University Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine (CHDMM). He received his doctorate in physiology (neurophysiology) from the University of California at Davis and completed post-doctoral studies in molecular neurobiology at Stanford University, under the mentorship of Dr. Eric M. Shooter. His research interest is in the field of neuronal injury and neuroprotection. His professional career has led to serving on research advisory panels for the National Research Council and the National Institutes of Health (NICHD, NIGMS, and NCMHD), Bethesda, MD. The National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and Loma Linda University School of Medicine, among others, have funded his research. He has received numerous honors, including the “Loma Linda University Distinguished Investigator Award (2023), the “Loma Linda University School of Medicine Distinguished Service Award (2018)”, the “Loma Linda University Health Science Center Centennial Vanguard Award” (2006), the "University of Buffalo, School of Medicine Celebration of Inclusiveness in Medicine and Science Lecture Series” (2014), and the National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program “Public Health Service Mentor Award” (2008).