Martina Brueckner
Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine
Elected to the Academy in 2026
Education
University of Virginia, BS, Chemistry; University of Virginia, MD, Medicine
Professional Areas
Dr. Brueckner played a leading role in the consortium that identified a genetic cause for ~40% of congenital heart disease cases. Co-founded one of the first pediatric cardiac genetics clinics, offering comprehensive diagnostic evaluations and long-term care for children with genetic heart disease.
Citation
For scientific distinction through a cumulative body of work identifying genetic variants expressed in embryonic cardiomyocytes in patients with a range of congenital heart disease that support the genetic overlap between myocardial function and cardiac structure development.