Sarah Merritt Fortune (born 1968) is an American immunologist. She is a Full Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Sarah Fortune | |
|---|---|
 Sarah Fortune | |
| Born | Sarah Merritt Fortune 1968 (age 55–56) Lexington, Kentucky, USA |
| Spouse |
Timothy Worrall Hyde
(m. 1996) |
| Children | India Hyde, Elias Hyde |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.S, 1990, Yale University MD., 1997, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
Personal life
editFortune was born to parents Beverly and William Fortune in Lexington, Kentucky. Her father was a professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law and her mother was a reporter at the Lexington Herald-Leader.[1]
Career
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After earning her MD at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, she completed an internship and medical residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. By 2006, Fortune accepted an assistant professor position in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[2] Fortune's research focuses on attempting to understand how M. tuberculosis (Mtb) mutates itself to become drug resistant.[3] She collaborated with Harvard professor Megan B. Murray to study how tuberculosis develops drug-resistance mutations.[4] In 2010, Fortune was the recipient of a Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.[5]
In 2012, she was appointed the Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Associate Professor of Biological Sciences.[3] Three years later, she was promoted to full professor.[2] In 2019, Fortune's research lab, the Harvard Chan School IMPAc-TB Center, received a contract award to help establish three new Immune Mechanisms of Protection Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (IMPAc-TB) Centers.[6] In 2021, Fortune was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Sarah M. Fortune, Timothy W. Hyde". New York Times. August 4, 1996. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ a b "Sarah Merritt Fortune promoted to Tenured Professor". hsph.harvard.edu. December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ a b "Faculty members Nan Laird, Robert Blendon, and Sarah Fortune honored". hsph.harvard.edu. December 15, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ "TB superstrains". hsph.harvard.edu. Fall 2008. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ "Tuberculosis researcher Sarah Fortune receives clinical scientist development award". hsph.harvard.edu. July 2, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ "NIH Awards Contracts to Advance Tuberculosis Immunology Research". niaid.nih.gov. September 26, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ "65 Fellows Elected into the American Academy of Microbiology". American Society for Microbiology. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
External links
edit- Sarah Fortune publications indexed by Google Scholar