Kathryn Edwards

Dr. Kathryn M. Edwards, MD is an American pediatric infectious diseases specialist based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Edwards is a professor of pediatrics in the division of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where she is also vice-chair for clinical research.¹⁾

In September 2020, a CBS News article revealed that Edwards was a member of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for Pfizer's BNT162 COVID-19 vaccine trial.²⁾

Edwards has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and IBM.³⁾

Edwards has worked as a paid advisor for Pfizer, and has also received payments, speaking fees, or funding from numerous pharmaceutical companies, including Moderna, Merck, X-4 Pharma, Bionet, Seqirus, Roche, and Smith-Kline Beecham, and travel benefits from Sanofi.^{4) 5)}