Katherine A. Fitzgerald

Dr. Katherine Fitzgerald joined the faculty at the UMass Chan Medical School in 2001, where she is currently the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair III, professor of medicine, associate vice provost for basic science research, vice chair for research in the Department of Medicine, chief of the Division of Innate Immunity and director of the Program in Innate Immunity. The Program in Innate Immunity is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental group of investigators, who are focused on discovering the underlying mechanisms that drive immune defenses and inflammation in both health and disease.

In addition to her membership in the American Academic of Arts & Sciences, she is a member of the the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Irish Academy, the American Academy of Microbiology, and Past-President of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society.

She graduated from University College Cork (Cork, Ireland) in 1995 with a BSc in Biochemistry, and from Trinity College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland) in 1999 with a PhD in Biochemistry.