Rebecca Clare Fitzgerald was born on September 1968 and is a British medical researcher who studies cancer evolution to find new ways to detect and prevent cancer, with a particular focus on oesophageal cancer.
15 Facts About Rebecca Fitzgerald
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Rebecca Fitzgerald is a tenured Professor of Cancer Prevention and is the founding Director at the Early Cancer Institute of the University of Cambridge.
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Rebecca Fitzgerald is the leader of the CRUK Cambridge Centre Early Detection Programme and Cambridge lead for the CRUK Alliance of Cancer Early Detection.
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Rebecca Fitzgerald received a Master of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in Medicine from the University of Cambridge where she was an undergraduate student of Girton College, Cambridge in 1992.
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Rebecca Fitzgerald is leading a trial in collaboration with Owlstone Medical that will be testing the company's Breath Biopsy technology for detecting cancer.
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In 2022 Rebecca Fitzgerald led a review of cancer screening for the European Commission that led to new screening policy for EU member states.
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In recognition of her work on Cytosponge and the early treatment of Barrett's oesophagus, Rebecca Fitzgerald was awarded the Westminster Medal in 2004.
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In 2013, Rebecca Fitzgerald won a Research Professorship at the National Institute for Health Research for her work.
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Rebecca Fitzgerald was awarded the British Society of Gastroenterology's Sir Francis Avery Jones Award.
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In 2013, Rebecca Fitzgerald was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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In 2018, Rebecca Fitzgerald was awarded the Jane Wardle Prevention and Early Diagnosis prize, which recognises individuals who have produced world-leading research in the field of prevention and early detection of cancer.
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In 2024 Rebecca Fitzgerald was awarded the Morton Grossman Prize Lecturer by the American Gastroenterology Association.
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Rebecca Fitzgerald was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to cancer research.
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Rebecca Fitzgerald was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2024 and elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the same year.
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Rebecca Fitzgerald has contributed to the public dialogue regarding cancer research, having appeared on broadcasts for BBC Radio 4 and ABC Radio Australia.