Ken R. Harewood

Ken Harewood is a molecular biologist with a history of contributions to biomedical research.

Ken Harewood was formerly GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor and Director of the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research institute and is recognized for his work in the fields of cancer biology and cancer drug discovery. In 2008 he was appointed by Gov. Mike Easley to the N.C. Board of Science and Technology and served on the N.C. Biotechnology Center board of directors and is a member of the UNC Tomorrow Scholars' Council. Harewood has also served as Adjunct professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University.

Harewood is a native of Barbados and received his secondary education there at the Lodge School. As a secondary student he excelled at soccer and became team captain of the Barbados National Soccer Team. Harewood came to the United States as an undergraduate to study biology at New York University. He then did graduate work at the City College of the City University of New York, where he earned his Master's and Doctoral degrees in Biochemistry. He next did post-doctoral research at the New York Blood Center. later moving to Pfizer Central Research in Groton, Connecticut, where he founded the Department of Molecular Genetics and served as Project Leader and Principal Research Investigator. and the Barbados Barbados Gold Crown of Merit.

Harewood is author of Beyond My Wildest Dreams (Lulu.com, 2012, 350 pp.) and The Biotech Revolution: Impact on Science Education in America (Authorhouse, 2020, 112 pp.). Based on his experience with rennin Harewood co-authored an article for high school teachers describing lab exercises using this enzyme.