Helen FitzGerald Cserr

Background

Cserr, Helen FitzGerald was born on June 23, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Joseph Harold and Ruth Knowles (Milliken) FitzGerald.

Education

Bachelor, Middlebury College, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1965.

Career

Fellow in physiology, Harvard University, Boston, 1965-1967; instructor physiology, Harvard University, Boston, 1967-1970; lecturer medical science, Brown U., Providence, 1970-1971; assistant professor medical science, Brown U., Providence, 1971-1976; associate professor medical science, Brown U., Providence, 1976-1982; professor medical science, Brown U., Providence, since 1982; Esther Elizabeth Brintzenhoff Professor Physiology, Brown U., Providence, 1992. Member physiology study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1975-1979.

Achievements

• Helen Fitzgerald Cserr has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • THE NEURONAL MICROENVIRONMENT (hardcover)

    (NY 1986. Annals of New York Academy of Science, Vol. 481....)

Membership

Trustee Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, Maine, 1971-1976, 83-86, The Grass Foundation, Quincy, Massachusetts, since 1990. Member American Physiological Society, Society for Neurosci., The (British) Physiological Society.

Connections

Married Robert Cserr, May 28, 1962. 1 child, Ruth.

Father:

Joseph Harold FitzGerald

Mother:

Ruth Knowles (Milliken) FitzGerald

Spouse:

Robert Cserr

child:

Ruth Cserr