Irene Jiménez
Dr Irene Jiménez has started her training in pediatric oncology in 2011 at the Institut Curie, in Paris. She has first worked for 5 years in the Department of Pediatric Oncology, leaded by Jean Michon.
During these years she decided to focus in Neuroblastoma and started her PhD in 2016 in the Laboratory of Translational Research in Pediatric Oncology of the Institut Curie, under the direction of Gudrun Schleiermacher. During her PhD, she worked in molecular biology of neuroblastoma, more specifically in clonal evolution under targeted therapies.
She was also involved in molecular studies in ctDNA. In 2021, she returned to her hometown, Murcia, in Spain, to work as a clinician in the Department of Pediatric Oncology.
She is member of the SIOPEN executive board as the representative of Spain.
