Dr. Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg is the Donald B. Strominger Professor and Executive Vice Chair of Pediatrics and Chief of Pediatric Critical Care at Washington University. She received her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in Immunology from Washington University, subsequently pursuing clinical training in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Chicago. Her laboratory has made seminal contributions to understanding the molecular pathogenesis of S. aureus infection, shaping the approach toward vaccine development within the field. She is the recipient of the Society for Pediatric Research Young Investigator Award and the University of Chicago Distinguished Investigator Award. In 2012, she was named a Burroughs Wellcome Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases. She has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Academy of Physicians, and was a selected as a recipient of the Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award in 2024.