Christine E. Seidman, MD

Dr. Seidman has experience relevant to the biopharmaceutical industry, including being the Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Center. In addition, her role leading the Seidman Laboratory, a research laboratory that focuses on integrating clinical medicine and molecular technologies to define disease-causing gene mutations and genetic variations that increase disease risk, provides Dr. Seidman with managerial experience relevant to scientific research. Dr. Seidman was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine. She has published more than 400 peer-reviewed research articles and has had editorial roles at several scientific journals including the Journal of Clinical investigation, American Journal of Medical Genetics, and Science.