After a PhD in molecular biology studying susceptibility genes in rheumatoid arthritis and post-doctoral researches on systemic lupus erythematosus, Sophie Garnier is now lecturer in Human Genetics at Sorbonne-Université/INSERM. She splits her time between teaching activities for BSc and MSc students at Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France and her research work at UMRS 1166 "Unité de Recherche sur les maladies cardiovasculaires et le métabolisme" at Pitié-Salpêtrière medicine faculty where she has focused, those last ten years, in the genetic study of cardiovascular diseases. She has developed skills in linkage, association and expression studies, both at gene and genome-wide level and have experience in imputation strategies.