Prof. Dr. Filomeen Haerynck is clinical head at the department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Infectiology and Immunology at the Ghent University Hospital. She is trained as Pediatric Pulmonologist at Ghent University Hospital and in Pediatric Immunology at the department of Pediatric Hematology and Immunology at Hôpital Necker Paris (Prof. Dr. A. Fischer). She is coordinator of the Centre for Primary Immune deficiency Ghent (CPIG) at Ghent University Hospital which is recognized as a Jeffrey Modell Foundation Diagnosis and Research centre for Primary Immune deficiency. She is responsible for pediatric PID patients in collaboration with the Pediatric Hematology bone marrow transplant team. She is group leader of the PID Research Lab (PIRL) at Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital. She coordinates research on functional validation of novel PID genes causing Th17 immune disorders, common variable immune deficiency, hyperinflammatory syndromes, innate immune disorders, and radiosensitivity in PID patients. She is president of the Belgian PID group (BPIDG), medical advisor of the Belgian Organisation of Patients with Primary Immune deficiency (BOPPI) and board member of BelSACI (Belgian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology). She launched BUBBLE ID foundation, a patient organization for PID patients from Ghent University Hospital. She is active member of ESID clinical working party and ESID educational working party.