Adj Jennifer Geel

Jennifer Geel is a South African paediatric oncologist and academic whose work centres on improving outcomes for children and adolescents with cancer in resource-constrained settings. Affiliated with national collaborative groups and international initiatives such as SIOP, her scholarship advances harmonised treatment protocols and equitable care models across Africa.

Her research spans Hodgkin lymphoma, retinoblastoma, neuroblastoma, and extracranial germ cell tumours, with emphasis on protocol standardisation, risk stratification, and survival improvement. She has led and contributed to multicentre studies evaluating national guidelines, demonstrating the impact of coordinated care and multidisciplinary collaboration on patient outcomes.

Geel also explores health systems strengthening, palliative care integration, rehabilitation access, and innovative approaches such as machine learning using affordable biomarkers to guide treatment where advanced imaging is limited. Her work contributes to global oncology discourse, highlighting context-specific solutions to advance childhood cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa.