Frank L. Douglas

Frank Lennox Douglas (born April 30, 1943) is a Guyanese-American biomedical researcher and business executive.

[1] Following his fellowship, Douglas took a position as an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, in which role he remained for 5 years.

[3][4][better source needed] In 2005, Douglas left Aventis and took a position as a professor of the practice at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was involved in founding the Center for Biomedical Innovation.

[5][7][8][9] In 2009, Douglas moved to Akron, Ohio, to serve as president and CEO of the Austen BioInnovation Institute.

[10][13] Douglas published an autobiography in 2018, titled Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream.