Obtained her undergraduate degree in Bioanalysis from Universidad Central de Venezuela and her PhD in Biological Science at Universidad Simon Bolívar, with honors. Her awarded thesis was on molecular analysis of the main myeloid acute leukemia, and detection of several genes associated with the response to treatments. She became the research coordinator of FJC during the years 2015-2017. Since then, she has been a research collaborator for the JCWO, and author of peer reviewed publications to continue Dr. Convit´s work in cancer immunotherapy

Her past experience includes working in the Cellular Biology Laboratory at Universidad Simon Bolívar. Dr. Godoy has participated in several training and scientific symposiums in several countries and has an international certification in molecular biology from the American Society for Clinical Pathology. She is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Currently, she participates in the discussion of the new pre-clinical studies that are carried out in the organization.

Contact: maria.j.godoy@jacintoconvit.org