Katherine A. Fitzgerald Inducted into National Academy of Sciences

Katherine A. Fitzgerald, award
A Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Disease at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Katherine A. Fitzgerald have been inducted into National Academy of Science (NAS). She was among about one hundred and eighteen (120) US and thirty (30) international scholars and scientists elected as members in 2021.  

Katherine who is also the director of the program in Innate Immunity is inducted at the National Academy of Science (NAS) 159th Annual Meeting which was held in April 2022 for her work which has laid the foundation for understanding of the inflammatory response during infection and the role of innate immunity in inflammatory diseases.  

The education background of Fitzgerald whose research interests focused on understanding the molecular basis of host defense and the inflammatory process include 

  • Trinity College, Dublin, PhD (1999)
  • University of Cork: BSc (1995) Biochemistry.
  • Join Massachusetts Medical School in 2004.  

Memembership of NAS is achieved by election and so no application process is involved. Consideration of a candidate for membership begins with his or her nomination by a member of the academy, after which careful and critical process that results in a final ballot at the Academy's annual meeting which is hold in April each year.  

Members are elected in recognition of their outstanding and continuing achievements in original research in one of the six area of sciences: Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Biological Science, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Biomedical Science, Behavioural and Social Science, Applied Biological, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

Other awards Katherine Fitzgerald received are:  

  • Eli Lilly and Elanco Company Award, American Association of Microbiologists
  • BD-Investigator Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • MERIT Award: National Institute of Health (NIH)
  • Alumni Achievement Award:  University College Cork, Ireland and 
  • More

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