Dr. Lerner has been President of The Scripps Research Institute, a private, non-profit biomedical research organization, since 1986. He serves on the boards of Opko Health, Inc.; Sequenom, Inc.; Xencor, Inc.; and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. Dr. Lerner is a member of numerous scientific associations, including the National Academy of Science and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.