Faculty

Rozenn Lemaitre

Adjunct Research Professor, Epidemiology
Research Professor, Medicine - General Internal Medicine

206-221-2780

Education

MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1994
PhD Biochemistry, Montana State University, 1982
BS Biochemical Engineering, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 1995

Contact

206-221-2780

Office 358085
Cardiovascular Health Research Unit
1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1360
Seattle, WA 98101

Research Interests

Dr. Lemaitre is interested in lipidomic biomarkers that may influence the risk of type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and the relationship of diet to the biomarkers.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Deciphering the Role of Different Ceramide Synthases in the Human Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophic Response.
(2025 Sep 22)
Metabolites 15(9):
Wiley AM, Krueger MA, Sotoodehnia N, Umans JG, Hoofnagle AN, Lemaitre RN, Totah RA, Gharib SA

Selective Knockdown of Ceramide Synthases Reveals Opposite Roles of Different Ceramide Species in Cardiac Homeostasis.
(2025 Aug 31)
Metabolites 15(9):
Wiley AM, Krueger MA, Becker JO, Karasu M, Sotoodehnia N, Umans JG, Hoofnagle AN, Gharib SA, Totah RA, Lemaitre RN

Associations of Plasma Trimethylamine N-Oxide-Related Metabolites with the Development and Progression of Albuminuria: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2025 Sep 25)
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol
Wang M, Tang WHW, Li XS, de Oliveira Otto MC, Lemaitre RN, Fretts A, Nemet I, Sotoodehnia N, Sitlani CM, Budoff M, DiDonato JA, Wang Z, Siscovick DS, Sarnak MJ, Mozaffarian D, Hazen SL

Circulating Sphingolipids and Incident CKD: The Strong Heart Family Study.
(2025 Sep 24)
Kidney360
Fretts AM, Jensen PN, Lidgard B, Sitlani CM, Siscovick DS, King IB, Mokiao RH, Hoofnagle AN, Umans JG, Lemaitre RN

Physical activity before venous thromboembolism and risk of recurrence in a population-based inception cohort.
(2025 Sep 4)
J Thromb Thrombolysis
Frauenheim AC, Wiggins KL, Lemaitre RN, Smith NL, Harrington LB

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