Daniel Fitzgerald

Daniel Fitzgerald is a Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine's Graduate School of Medical Sciences within the Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Health Services Research, focusing on critical global health challenges in resource-limited settings through clinical research and program evaluation.

His research centers on infectious disease interventions with emphases on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, conducting prevention/therapeutic clinical trials, operational studies of service delivery in Haiti and Tanzania, and novel diagnostics evaluations. Key projects include determining optimal antiretroviral therapy initiation timing, HPV-related cervical cancer investigations, and new TB diagnostic development. He maintains a strong commitment to research ethics through empirical studies on informed consent processes and ethical guideline frameworks for clinical research in impoverished regions.