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Theresa T. Pizarro, PhD (she/her/hers)

Louis Pillemer Endowed Professor of Experimental Pathology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Shaker Heights, Ohio

Dr. Theresa Pizarro is currently Professor of Pathology and Medicine, and holds the Louis Pillemer Endowed Chair in Experimental Pathology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She was trained as a basic immunologist, initially working in the field of cardiac transplant immunology at Loyola University Chicago, where she earned her Ph.D., and then as a mucosal immunologist, investigating both basic cytokine biology, as well as epithelial-immune cell interactions in the GI tract. Her career has spanned almost 30 years, first as a postdoc at the University of Southern California, and then as faculty at the University of Virginia and at CWRU. Her current research interests are focused in the areas of innate immune pathways in IBD/inflammation-associated GI cancers, and determining the impact of the microbiome on sex-based differences in experimental and human IBD. She is a past recipient of the Marie Curie Award from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation (2019) and the Woman in Science Award from the International Association of Inflammation Societies (2022). Dr. Pizarro has also served on several review panels for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, VA Merit, DOD, and European Research Council. She recently completed her term on the NIH DHMI Study Section, the last year as Chair, and currently serves on the AGA’s Research Policy Committee and is Chair of Grants Council for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.

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