Dr. Jennifer C. Muñoz Pareja is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Holtz Children’s Hospital, scientific faculty member at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, and faculty at the Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She earned her medical degree from Universidad del Norte in Colombia, completed her pediatric residency at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, and pursued a pediatric critical care fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

 

Dr. Muñoz Pareja’s academic work centers on pediatric neurocritical care, with a particular focus on neuroinflammation and the development of blood-based biomarkers to diagnose, monitor, and predict outcomes after brain injury in critically ill children. Her translational research integrates bench-to-bedside approaches to improve precision care for patients with traumatic and acquired brain injury.

 

A committed global health advocate, she serves as the elected Chair of the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group (PNCRG) and Chair of Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) for the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS). In these roles, she leads international educational initiatives and capacity-building programs to improve neurocritical care for children worldwide.

Her work closely aligns with the mission of the Mailman Center by advancing interdisciplinary research, education, and clinical care to improve outcomes for children with critical neurological conditions.