Researcher

Title

Associate Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montréal 

Laboratory

Brain Research using Imaging Genetics techniques in Humans to perform Transdiagnostic studies (BRIGHT)

• Ph.D in Neurosciences, University of Montréal, Montréal, Canada - 2020
• MSc in Cognitive Science, ENS/EHESS/Université Paris Descartes - 2014
• B.Sc. in Psychology, Université Paris Descartes, Paris France - 2012

• Multimodal neuroimaging
• Neurodevelopmental conditions
• Transdiagnostic approach
• Neuroimaging-genetics studies
• Autism spectrum disorder
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Functional connectivity
• Precision medicine
• Whole-body integrative approach

Career Summary

Clara Moreau has a transdisciplinary background that integrates neuroscience, genetics, psychology, and bioinformatics. This unique combination of disciplines has enabled her to tackle fundamental psychiatric problems from innovative perspectives. Nonetheless, her primary expertise lies in neuroimaging. Clara Moreau has more than 10 years of experience in the use of structural, functional, and diffusion MRI, acquired in renowned imaging laboratories such as MNI (McGill, Montreal), the Imaging Genetics Center (USC, Los Angeles), and Neurospin (Saclay).

Presentations

• 2023.12 : Unveiling Brain Mechanisms in Children with Early-Onset Anorexia. Seminar, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany
• 2023.04 : Brain abnormalities in early-onset anorexia. Seminar, Semel Institute, UCLA, USA
• 2022.10 : Impact of genetic heterogeneity and pleiotropy in psychiatry on brain functional connectivity Seminar, Institut de Neuroscience de la Timone, Marseille France
• 2021.12 : Troubles du neurodéveloppement sans frontière Lecture, Académie de Médecine de Paris, France
• 2020.03 : Neuropsychiatric mutations delineate functional brain connectivity dimensions contributing to autism and schizophrenia Feindel BIC lecture, McGill University

Please note that these are selected presentations and not all of the presentations offered by the researcher.

Publications

• Moreau, C.A., Harvey, A., Kumar, K., Huguet, G., Urchs, S.G.W., Douard, E.A., Schultz, L.M., Sharmarke, H., Jizi, K., Martin, C.-O., Younis, N., Tamer, P., Rolland, T., Martineau, J.-L., Orban, P., Silva, A.I., Hall, J., van den Bree, M.B.M., Owen, M.J., Linden, D.E.J., Labbe, A., Lippé, S., Bearden, C.E., Almasy, L., Glahn, D.C., Thompson, P.M., Bourgeron, T., Bellec, P.*, Jacquemont, S.*, 2022. Genetic Heterogeneity Shapes Brain Connectivity in Psychiatry. Biol. Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.08.024
• Moreau, C.A., Kumar, K., Harvey, A., Huguet, G., Urchs, S., Schultz, L.M., Sharmarke, H., Jizi, K., Martin, C.O., Younis, N., Tamer, P., Martineau, J.L., Orban, P., Silva, A.I., Hall, J., van den Bree, M.B.M., Owen, M.J., Linden, D.E.J., Lippé, S., Bearden, C.E., Almasy, L., Glahn, D.C., Thompson, P.M., Bourgeron, T., Bellec, P.*, Jacquemont, S.*, 2022. Brain functional connectivity mirrors genetic pleiotropy in psychiatric conditions. Brain. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac315
• Moreau, C.A., Raznahan, A., Bellec, P., Chakravarty, M., Thompson, P.M., Jacquemont, S.*, 2021b. Dissecting autism and schizophrenia through neuroimaging genomics. Brain. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awab096
• Moreau, C.A., Ching, C.R., Kumar, K., Jacquemont, S., Bearden, C.E.*, 2021. Structural and functional brain alterations revealed by neuroimaging in CNV carriers. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 68, 88–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2021.03.002
• Moreau, C.A., Urchs, S.G.W., Kuldeep, K., Orban, P., Schramm, C., Dumas, G., Labbe, A., Huguet, G., Douard, E., Quirion, P.-O., Lin, A., Kushan, L., Grot, S., Luck, D., Mendrek, A., Potvin, S., Stip, E., Bourgeron, T., Evans, A.C., Bearden, C.E., Bellec, P., Jacquemont, S.*, 2020. Mutations associated with neuropsychiatric conditions delineate functional brain connectivity dimensions contributing to autism and schizophrenia. Nat. Commun. 11, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18997-2

Please note that these are selected publications. To find out about all Dr Clara Moreau's publications, click on the following link:Moreau CA - Search Results - PubMed (nih.gov)