Julie Segre

Julie A. Segre

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Julie A. Segre, Ph.D. Senior Investigator, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Born Julie Angela Segre
Fields
  • Epithelial Biology
  • Genetics and Molecular Biology
Institutions
Alma mater
Known for
  • Gene-environment interactions at the skin surface that result in dermatologic disorders.[1]
  • Sequenced DNA of Klebsiella pneumoniae[2][3]

Julie Angela Segre, Ph.D. is the Chief and Senior Investigator of the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch in the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health.[4]

Education and career

Segre received her B.A. summa cum laude in mathematics from Amherst College in 1987,[1] where she now serves on the board of trustees.[4] She received her Ph.D. in 1996 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] Segre then performed postdoctoral training in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago (1996-2000).[1]

Segre came to the National Human Genome Research Institute of NIH in 2000 and was promoted to a senior investigator with tenure in 2007.[4]

Research

Segre's laboratory studies how the epidermis interfaces between the body and the environment.[5] Using genomic methodologies, Segre studies the bacteria and microbes of the skin microbiome.[5] Segre's laboratory also develops genomic tools to track hospital-acquired infections of multi-drug resistant organisms, including the NIH's recent Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak.[4]

Medical and research achievements

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Women in Science at National Institutes of Health 2007-2008. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. pp. 63–64.
  2. ↑ "NIH ‘superbug’ was thwarted with help of two scientists". http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nih-superbug-was-thwarted-with-help-of-two-scientists/2013/07/31/0d7f146e-f931-11e2-afc1-c850c6ee5af8_story.html.
  3. ↑ "Gene sleuths stop superbug that killed 6". http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-08-22/superbug-outbreak/57212958/1.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "www.genome.gov". http://www.genome.gov/10000354.
  5. 1 2 "NIH Intramural Research Program". http://irp.nih.gov/pi/julie-segre.
  6. ↑ "American Academy for Microbiology". http://academy.asm.org/index.php/fellows-info/72-fellows-elected/5288-2015-fellows.
  7. ↑ Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals. "2013 Federal Employees of the Year". Partnership for Public Service. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Federal ‘Employee of the Year’ Honorees Hail from NIH". http://nihrecord.nih.gov/newsletters/2013/11_08_2013/story3.htm.
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