Karla Kirkegaard

Karla Kirkegaard
Born	1954 (age 69–70)
Alma mater	University of California Berkeley Harvard University
Spouse	Peter Sarnow
Scientific career
Fields	virology
Institutions	Whitehead Institute University of Colorado Boulder Stanford University School of Medicine

Karla Kirkegaard (born 1954)^[1] is the Violetta L. Horton Research Professor of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She was the chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology from 2006 to 2010. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on virology.