Kathleen H. Burns

Kathleen H. Burns
Kathleen H. Burns
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins Hospital; Johns Hopkins Hospital; Baylor College of Medicine; University of Southern Mississippi ;
Employer	Dana–Farber Cancer Institute (2020–); Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2008–2009); Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2009–2014); Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2014–2018); Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2018–2020) ;

Kathleen H. Burns, Ph.D., M.D., is a Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Chair of the Department of Pathology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She previously worked at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. As of 2025, Burns became a co-editor of the Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease. She is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Interurban Clinical Club and has been given a Career Award for Medical Scientists by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.