Mariella G. Filbin, MD, PhD
Physician
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
General
Treatment Centers
Discipline
Neuro-Oncology
Clinical Interests
DIPG, Ependymomas, ETMR, High-grade gliomas, Pediatric brain tumors, Translational neuro-oncology
Location
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Background
Board Certifications
Pediatrics, 2013
Fellowships
Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2017
Residency
Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatrics, 2013
Medical School
Medical University of Graz, Austria, 2004
Biography
Dr. Mariella Filbin earned her M.D. and Ph.D. 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 the Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Hospital Cancer and Blood Disorder Center. She joined the faculty at DFCI/BCH 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. Current areas of emphasis are: (1) utilizing single-cell transcriptomics to determine the tumor architecture and heterogeneity in pediatric brain tumors and (2) exploring the downstream effects of epigenetic driver mutations and their potential therapeutic applications in DIPG and high-grade gliomas.