 Douglas taught clinical pharmacology at the Pritzker School of Medicine before becoming a professor of practice at MIT and establishing the Center for Biomedical Innovation.Prior to joining MIT, Douglas was EVP and Member of the Board of Management of Aventis AG.He was twice named Pharmaceutical R&D Director of the Year, received the Black History Maker Award in 2007, and in 2010 was named a "GQ Magazine" and Geoffrey Beane Foundation "Rockstar of Science".