Dr. Leligdowicz completed a medical degree at McGill University and a PhD at Oxford University, in human HIV immunology in West Africa. Following residencies in internal medicine (UBC) and critical care (UofT), she pursued her interest in immunology and severe infection as a postdoctoral research scholar at the UCSF. Her translational research focuses on the interplay between immune dysregulation and endothelial injury in early sepsis and ARDS.