Dr Malena Daich Varela is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is an ophthalmologist specialised in ophthalmic genetics and qualified as a medical doctor and ophthalmologist at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Malena completed a fellowship in ophthalmic genetics at the National Institutes of Health. She is currently a clinical research fellow at Moorfields Eye Hospital, working on gene therapy clinical trials. Malena is also currently a PhD student at University College of London, where she studies inherited ocular diseases.
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