Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, ScD
Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Kathryn Fitzgerald is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins where she also serves as a faculty lead for the Biostatistics Epidemiology and Data Management (BEAD) Core and the Director of MS Epidemiology and Biostatistics within the Division of Neuroimmunology. She earned her Doctor of Science in epidemiology at Harvard University, followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship in neuroimmunology and neurological infections at Johns Hopkins. Her research portfolio uses epidemiologic principles to integrate genetic, clinical, environmental, and community-level data to understand what factors impact prognosis in people with neurologic disease. Most studies she leads involve conducting secondary analyses of clinical trial and observational cohorts to identify predictors of disease outcomes in people with MS.