Physician, Pediatrician, and Neonatologist with a Master’s Degree in Biology (Neurosciences option, PEDECIBA, Udelar, Uruguay) and a PhD in Biomedicine (PROINBIO, Udelar, Uruguay). As Director of the Academic Unit of Neonatology at Hospital de Clínicas, Montevideo, Uruguay, my combined clinical and research experience has focused on developing neuroprotection strategies for vulnerable newborns. This includes utilizing in vitro and in vivo models, such as a newborn piglet model, and investigating neurobiological aspects in clinical patients.