Editorial Role
Carolina Ibanez Guelfenbein serves as editor for Open Access Journal of Pediatric Health.
Biography
Carolina Ibanez, MD, is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist, vaccinologist, and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile. She currently serves as a member of Chile’s National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (CAVEI) and works at Hospital de Carabineros, where she participates in antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. Her clinical and research interests include pediatric infectious diseases, vaccination, infections in immunocompromised children, and antimicrobial stewardship. She has extensive experience in clinical research, including vaccine trials for meningococcal disease, COVID-19, and rotavirus, as well as investigator-initiated studies in children with cancer and febrile neutropenia. She completed her medical and pediatric training and fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Chile, a Diploma in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Oxford, and advanced vaccinology training (ADVAC) at the University of Geneva.
Research Interest
Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Vaccinology Antimicrobial Stewardship; and Vaccine Education, with Particular Emphasis on Infections and Immunization in Vulnerable Pediatric Populations