Her research focuses on host-pathogen interactions in enteric bacteria. Specifically, she is interested in studying the effects of host signals on Shigella gene expression and virulence. With her laboratory and collaborators, Dr. Faherty has also optimized a novel human intestinal organoid-derived epithelial monolayer model for infection analysis with various pathogenic bacteria. Dr. Faherty received her Ph.D. in Infectious Diseases at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland in 2009. She did her postdoctoral work at the Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Faherty became an Assistant Professor at MGH/HMS in 2013.