Dr. Verthelyi received her MD from the University of Buenos Aires and a PhD from the Virginia Tech in USA. She currently heads the Laboratory of Innate Immunity and chairs CDER’s newly formed Center for Excellence in Infectious Diseases and Inflammation. She directs a lab focused on developing tools to monitor and control innate immune and inflammatory responses including potential impurities in therapeutic products that may foster unwanted immune responses therapeutic proteins reducing their life-saving potential. She has authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles, holds several patents, and has received FDA's, CBER’s, and CDER’s “Excellence in Laboratory Sciences” awards, among other honors.