Linda P. Fried
MD, MPH Dean, DeLamar Professor of Public Health, and Professor of Epidemiology- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, is Dean, DeLamar Professor of Public Health,
and Professor of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of
Public Health. She is also Professor of Medicine at Columbia’s Vagelos College
of Physicians & Surgeons and Senior Vice President of Columbia University
Irving Medical Center. Dr. Fried is a leader in the fields of
epidemiology and geriatrics and an internationally renowned scientist who has
dedicated her career to the science of healthy aging and creating the basis for
a transition to an aging world that benefits all ages. She has led in
defining the causes and consequences of frailty and disability in older adults
and opportunities for prevention. Dr. Fried is the co-founder of
Experience Corps, a community-based senior volunteer program that deploys the
social capital of an aging society to improve the academic success of children
in elementary schools while simultaneously promoting the health of the older
volunteers. Prior to becoming Dean in 2008, Dr. Fried served as the
Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at the Johns
Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Fried is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2016
French INSERM International Prize in Medical Research. She was named a
“Living Legend in Medicine” by the U.S. Congress and noted by Thomson Reuters
in 2014 as among the top 1% most influential scientific minds of the decade.
Dr. Fried is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine where she
serves on the Executive Council, and of the Association of American Physicians
where she served as President from 2016–2017. She is a member of the MacArthur
Network on an Aging Society and the World Economic Forum’s Futures Council on Longevity
and Human Enhancement. She is an elected member of the Council on Foreign
Relations.
Dr. Fried received her bachelor of arts degree from the University of
Wisconsin, her medical degree from Rush Medical College, and her master of
public health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.