Segolene Bernheim, Ph.D. M.D.

Segolene Bernheim, Ph.D. M.D.

Research fellow @Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital

M.D. @Sorbonne Université - Paris; PhD@Heart morphogenesis lab(Supervision by Sigolene Meilhac), Imagine Institute - Pasteur Institute Paris

I’m a pediatric cardiologist with a research focus in cardiac embryology, aiming to understand the developmental mechanisms underlying congenital heart defects. In Olivier Pourquié’s lab, I study how somite asymmetry affects heart morphogenesis. I use mouse and chick models to study how the heart tube forms, and I also explore how these mechanisms are conserved in humans. My goal is to link developmental biology and clinical insight to improve our understanding and care of congenital heart disease.

Interests
  • Somite–heart Interactions
  • Heart morphogenesis
  • Developmental mechanisms of congenital heart Defect