Mariella G. Filbin

Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center of Excellence
Research Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program
Attending Physician in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Jan Paradise Chair in Brain Cancer Research
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School 
Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

Dr. Mariella Filbin earned her MD and PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from the Medical University of Graz, Austria. After a pediatric residency at Boston Children’s Hospital, she completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. She joined the faculty at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's as a pediatric neuro-oncologist in July 2017. In addition to her role in the treatment of patients with brain tumors, her research focuses on establishing cellular networks of tumor dependencies in pediatric brain tumors with the goal of finding new targeted therapies.