Head of the Inborn Errors of Immunity Research Unit in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation at the KU Leuven University, Belgium.

Academic trajectory:
She studied medicine at the University of Leuven, Belgium, in 1999; obtained her BS in Pediatrics and her PhD with a paper studying the role of Th subsets in allergic airway inflammation.

Professional achievements:
Founder of the Pediatric Primary Immunodeficiency Unit.
Winner of the the Edelweiss Award from the Organization for Rare Disorders.
Former president of the European Society of Immunodeficiencies.
Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the same University, she has published 149 articles.