Maria Fitzgerald
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| Institutions | University College London |
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| Thesis | The sensitization of cutaneous nociceptors (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | Patrick David Wall |
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Maria Fitzgerald FRS[1] is a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at University College London.[1][2][3]
Education
Fitzgerald studied Physiology at the University of Oxford and trained in pain physiology and neuroscience with Patrick David Wall at University College London.[1][4]
Research
Fitzgerald studies the developmental physiology and neurobiology of nociceptor circuits[5] in the brain and spinal cord. Her work has had a major impact on our understanding of how pain perception emerges in early life and how early pain experience can shape pain sensitivity for life. Fitzgerald’s research has changed clinical perception by showing that pain in infancy requires appropriate measurement and treatment and that it should be tailored to the developmental stage of the child.[1][6][7]
Awards and honours
In recognition of her work Fitzgerald was awarded the Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children's Pain Relief from the American Pain Society, in 2011, the first basic scientist to have received this award. In 2013 she was elected to the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal Society of Anaesthetics, for sustained and significant contributions to pain medicine. She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2000 and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2016.[1]
References
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