Dr. Fitzgerald recently moved from the University of Michigan Medical School where she was the Phil F. Jenkins Research Professor of Depression to the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) to assume the Ruane Professorship of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. At Columbia University/NYSPI, she serves as Director of Pediatric Clinical Studies in the Center for OCD and Related Disorders, and Director of Research in the Children’s Day Unit. She also co-leads NIMH-funded T32 and R25 training grants to cultivate the next generation of child and adolescent psychiatry researchers. Nationally, she serves on several boards, including the Board of Scientific Counselors for NIMH intramural program review. Dr. Fitzgerald is a child psychiatrist with clinical expertise in pediatric obsessive compulsive and anxiety disorders. Her research has implicated alterations of neural substrate for task control in affected children, adolescents and adults. Currently, she is conducting research to elucidate developmentally sensitive mechanisms of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for patients at different ages. Dr. Fitzgerald is also studying a cognitive training strategy designed to reduce early childhood anxiety by increasing neural capacity for cognitive control. She has published extensively on these topics in general and child psychiatric journals.