Sabina Škrgat graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ljubljana in 1996. She is a specialist in internal medicine (2004) and pneumonology (2011). She earned her Ph.D. degree at the University of Ljubljana in 2009 with the topic of investigation related to angiogenesis and complement activation in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Her main clinical work consists of the management of patients with severe asthma and other obstructive lung diseases. She is currently a clinical lead of severe asthma service at University Medical Centre Ljubljana. She is active as a national lead for the Severe Heterogeneous Asthma Research collaboration, Patient-Centred (SHARP) ERS Clinical Research. She has been a coordinator of asthma and severe asthma National asthma recommendations. The development of a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to severe asthma patients and COPD and the development of strategies toward lowering systemic glucocorticoid load in Slovenia are her activities at the national level for the better treatment of these chronic airway diseases. She has been active in severe asthma research and a mentor to several PhD students.