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Kevin FitzGerald

Research Associate Professor at Georgetown University

Georgetown University

About me

Kevin FitzGerald, SJ, PhD, a Jesuit priest and a geneticist, is a Research Associate Professor at Georgetown University and the Dr. David P. Lauler Chair for Catholic Health Care Ethics. His research interests have included the investigation of abnormal gene regulation in cancer and ethical issues in human genetics, including the ethical and social ramifications of molecular genetics research. Dr. FitzGerald received a BA in Biology from Cornell, a M.Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology, and a PhD in both Bioethics and Molecular Biology from Georgetown University.