Debby Bogaert

Debby Bogaert (Goes, Netherlands, 1974-07-15) is a Dutch physician who is Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Edinburgh. Her research considers the physiology and pathophysiology of respiratory infections.

Early life and education Debby Bogaert was born in Goes, in the Dutch province Zeeland. There she attended secondary school at Sint Willibrord College. In 1992 she did her VWO exam and went to Utrecht, to do a medical education at Utrecht University. In 1996 she graduated cum laude for her doctoral exam.

For her PhD she was a student at Erasmus University Rotterdam where she worked on the pathogenesis of pneumococcal infections and the molecular epidemiology of bacterial colonisation. Bogaert trained in medicine at Sophia Children's Hospital, part of Erasmus Medical Center.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bogaert herself became a COVID-19 "long-hauler" and interested in the epidemiology of long COVID.

Awards and honours 2004 NVK young investigator award (NVK=Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kindergeneeskunde; Pediatric Association of the Netherlands) 2006 Dutch Academy of Medical Sciences Ter Meulen Award 2009 Dutch NWO Veni laureate

Selected publications Wikidata: Q108731858 (thesis)