Dr. Zacharenia Tsoukala is a physician training in pediatrics, with a particular interest in pediatric endocrinology. She earned her medical degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where she is also pursuing an MSc in Adolescent Medicine and Adolescent Health Care. Her research has addressed diabetes in adolescence as well as ocular gene therapy in pediatric patients, with work presented at conferences including the Panhellenic Congress of Pediatric Endocrinology.
The authors of a review of 16 gene therapy trials for inherited retinal diseases explain why the pediatric evidence base remains thin and argue that individual-level, age-stratified reporting is the change most needed before CRISPR-based editing reaches children.
