Siobhan O. Burns MB, PhD, MRCPI

Siobhan O. Burns is a Reader and consultant in immunology at the Royal Free London NHS Trust. She is a clinical academic with an interest in primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID). Originally trained in pediatric immunology, she worked at UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital before moving to the Institute of Immunity and Transplantation and the Adult Clinical Immunology department at the Royal Free Hospital, London.

Dr Burns has a special interest in rare monogenic causes of immunodeficiency. Her research group is focused on understanding the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms that give rise to PID, with a particular interest in how genetic mutations associated with PID impact the function of immune cells.