Katherine A. Fitzgerald

Katherine A. Fitzgerald is an Irish-born American molecular biologist and virologist.[1] She is a professor of medicine currently working in the Division of Infectious Disease at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is also the director of the Program in Innate Immunity.[2] She is a leader in the field of innate immunity.[3] She conducts research on many aspects of innate immunity such as the molecular basis of pathogen recognition, the innate immunity to malaria, Type I Interferon gene regulation, and the counter regulation of innate immune recognition.[4]

Katherine Fitzgerald
Born
Katherine A. Fitzgerald

Ireland
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Alma materUniversity College Cork,
Trinity College Dublin

About

Fitzgerald received her B.Sc. degree in Biochemistry in 1995 from University College Cork.[1] She received her Ph.D. in 1999 from Trinity College Dublin, studying with Luke A. J. O'Neill.[1]

In 2011, Fitzgerald was a finalist for the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science.[5] In 2015, she was awarded the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) St. Patrick’s Day Science Medal, and she is the first woman to win the award.[6] She was awarded the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher in 2014 and 2015, for being in the top 1% of authors cited in her field. [7] In 2020, she was admitted into the Royal Irish Academy, one of Ireland's most prestigious academic bodies. [8][9]

References
  1. "Dr. Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D." The Milstein Awards. 2014-06-21. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  2. "Program in Innate Immunity". Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  3. "Katherine Fitzgerald focuses on novel discoveries in innate immunity". University of Massachusetts Medical School. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  4. "Richter, Fitzgerald named to newly endowed chairs". UMass Medical School. 2015.
  5. "The Vilcek Foundation -". www.vilcek.org. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  6. O’Connell, Claire (2015-03-16). "Irish researcher Katherine Fitzgerald receives St Patrick's Day Science Medal - Discovery | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News Service". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  7. Megan, Bard (February 4, 2016). "Fitzgerald named again in Thomson Reuters Report on most influential scientific minds".
  8. "Royal Irish Academy - Katherine Fitzgerald".
  9. Spencer, Susan (2020). "UMMS immunologist Katherine Fitzgerald admitted to Royal Irish Academy".


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