By DoM Communications  | Date published: May 1, 2024

Kate Fitzgerald to receive the Thomas A. Waldmann Award for Excellence in Human Immunology

Kate Fitzgerald, PhD, the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair III, professor of medicine, associate vice provost for basic science research, vice chair of research in the Department of Medicine, chief of the Division of Innate Immunity, and director of the Program in Innate Immunity, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Thomas A. Waldmann Award for Excellence in Human Immunology. As the recipient of this prestigious award, Dr. Fitzgerald will give a lecture on nucleic acid sensing pathways in health and disease at the 19th International Symposium on Inborn Error of Immunity and will be presented with a crystal trophy at their gala event in November 2024. 

The Thomas A. Waldmann Award for Excellence in Human Immunology is awarded to an immunologist/cell biologist who has made major contributions directly or indirectly to the understanding of primary immunodeficiency diseases. Some previous award recipients have included Max Cooper, Rebecca Buckley, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Dan Kastner, Mary Ellen Connally, John O’Shea, Gerard Orth, and Mickael Lenardo.  

Congratulations, Dr. Fitzgerald!