Bridget Simonson

Heart Failure / Cardiomyopathy

Broad Institute

About

Bridget Simonson works in Heart Failure / Cardiomyopathy affiliated with Broad Institute.

Bridget Simonson, Ph.D., is a senior group leader and research scientist in the Cardiovascular Disease Initiative at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. She joined the Precision Cardiology lab in January 2020, where she works on identifying new therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease. She obtained her Ph.D. from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and previously conducted research in Saumya Das’s lab at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital on autophagy in the heart.

Research focus

Cardiac fibrosis and remodelingExtracellular vesicles and exRNA in diseaseMicroRNA regulation in cardiovascular diseaseSingle-nucleus RNA sequencing in cardiomyopathyAutophagy in cardiac hypertrophy

Impact

38 pubs · 2,137 cites · h-index 14

Training

PhD
Victoria University of Wellington
2011

Affiliations

Work Experience

Senior Group Leader, Research Scientist

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard · 2020 - Present

Researcher

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Massachusetts General Hospital

Publications