Diana Carolina Polania Villanueva has completed her Master's degree in Biological Sciences at Universidad de Los Andes. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in Biology at the same university. She is currently conducting research on the characterization of the DNA demethylation pathway using as biological models Diabetes and Cancer. Her research fields include Epigenetics, Genetics of Human Coagulopathies such as Hemophilia and von Willebrand disease, and Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer.