René F. Kornelisse, MD, PhD, is a consultant neonatologist at Erasmus MC – Sophia Children’s Hospital in Rotterdam. He obtained his medical degree at Erasmus MC in 1989. Then he started as a PhD student at the division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology at the same institute. His research resulted in a thesis entitled “Bacterial meningitis and sepsis in children” in 1996. He specialised in Paediatrics at Erasmus MC – Sophia Children’s Hospital. Later, in 2000, he commenced his training in Neonatology and has been registered as a neonatologist since 2002. His primary focus of interest and research lies in neonatal infections and infection prevention.