Dr. Fitzgerald-Bocarsly received her undergraduate degree from UCLA, her PhD from Boston University and her post-doctoral training at the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. She is Vice Chair for Basic Science of the Department and Scientific Director of the Flow Cytometry and Immunology Core Laboratory at the NJMS. Her research focuses on the human innate immune response to viral infections, with a focus on plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Her lab was among the very first to describe these cells and the first to describe their dysregulation in the context of HIV infection. Her current research focuses on the signaling pathways that lead to the production of type I and type III interferons in human pDC, how these cells differ in different anatomical locations, and how they change in the context of aging with and without HIV infection as well as the immunometabolism of these cells in these different
immune compartments and disease states.
- Title
- Professor and Provost - Rutgers Health Newark
- Area of Study/Expertise
- Inteferon-gamma; Cancer; Cellular Signal Transduction; Immunology; Infectious Disease; Pathogenic Mechanisms; Dendritic cells
- bocarsly@njms.rutgers.edu