GABRIELA VILLANUEVA

Gabriela Villanueva, MD, MS, is a pediatric hematologist and oncologist at the Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Oncology Department at Hospital de Clínicas, Argentina, and the Director of Academic Programs at Resonance Health.
She completed medical school at the University of Buenos Aires, a pediatric residency at the University of Illinois, and a fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology at the University of Chicago, where she also earned a Master of Science in Public Health Sciences with a focus on epidemiology and statistics.
Dr. Villanueva leads and coordinates the development of multiple studies, including a global neuroblastoma observational study currently open in multiple countries, and she leads the first multicenter observational study on acute toxicities in adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with bone sarcomas in Latin America.
Her current research focuses on retinoblastoma survivorship and second malignancies in Argentina, as well as global initiatives on AYA care among other coordinated projects in Latin America. She is part of the Scientific Committee for SLAOP (Society of Latin American Pediatric Oncologists), a member of the Young SIOP Network Steering Group, and the Co-chair for the SIOP AYA Global Health Network.