Dr. Billaud graduated from the University of Bordeaux in France with a PhD in vascular physiology and completed her postdoctoral research at the Cardiovascular Research Center of the University of Virginia. Following this, she held a Research Assistant Professor position in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. In 2020, she joined Brigham and Women’s Hospital as Lead Investigator and Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiac Surgery, and she is currently a member of the Connors-BRI Center for Research on Women’s Health and Sex/Gender Medicine. Dr. Billaud’s expertise centers on the physiology of small and large blood vessels, particularly how cardiovascular diseases impact their structure and functions at multiple levels. Working closely with cardiac surgeons, her research program addresses clinical needs in aortic disease. Utilizing human specimens from the operating room, her group investigates the interplay between cellular metabolism and extracellular matrix remodeling in aortic aneurysms, with a focus on sex differences. She also leads her division’s tissue banking efforts, coordinating with pathologists, research assistants, data managers, and collaborators.
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