Prof Olivia Boyer is a Pediatric Nephrologist at Necker Children's Hospital, and full Professor of Pediatrics at Paris University in France. Following her undergraduate training, Pediatric Residency and Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship in Paris, she completed a Clinical Research Fellowship at Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School. She also obtained a Master of Science degree in Physiology and a Ph.D. degree in Genetics. Her main focuses of research, carried out at the Imagine Institute in Paris, are the genetic basis, pathophysiology and treatment of nephrotic syndrome and complement-mediated diseases as well as the pharmacokinetics of orphan drugs in rare diseases.