Luregn Schlapbach is Head of the Department of Intensive Care at the University Children`s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. 
Luregn is Past Chair of the ANZICS Paediatric Study Group. He has been in the Steering Group of a number of observational and interventional trials in PICU patients and is Co-Chair of the international Paediatric Sepsis Definition Taskforce.
Luregn`s research has focused on understanding the impact of sepsis, infection, and inflammation on critically ill children. He is interested in improving our understanding of why some children become critically unwell, and in developing better approaches to allow early recognition and targeted treatment of sepsis and life-threatening inflammation.