Douglas L. Coleman

Douglas L. Coleman (born October 6, 1931) is a scientist at The Jackson Laboratory. His discovery of the hormone leptin and its role in regulating body weight has had a major role in the area of human obesity.

He obtained his BS degree from McMaster University in 1954 and his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1958. He was elected a member of the US National Academy of Sciences in 1998. He won the Shaw Prize in 2009 and the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 2010 (both jointly with Jeffrey M. Friedman) for their discovery of leptin.