Dr. Johanna Calderon

INSERM · Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades · IHU Imagine · Paris, France

Johanna Calderon is an INSERM researcher and Head of the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Center within the CRMR M3C at Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital / IHU Imagine, Paris, France. She holds a PhD and completed two postdoctoral fellowships, including one at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital. Her research focuses on neurodevelopmental outcomes and mental health in people with congenital heart disease across the lifespan, including executive function, attention, autism spectrum disorders, and anxiety, as well as the development and evaluation of cognitive interventions. Her distinctions include an Excellence Chair at the University of Montpellier, a L'Oréal–UNESCO Award, and the Medicine Prize from the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris. Within QUALIREHAB, she leads neuropsychological assessment, cognitive training, and the QUALINEURO-REHAB trial.