Prof dr Karel Allegaert, MD, PhD is pediatrician-neonatologist and clinical pharmacologist. He is Professor at KU Leuven and Consultant at Erasmus MC Rotterdam. In his clinical research activities, he has focussed mainly on clinical aspects related to pediatric pharmacology, with interest in perinatal and neonatal clinical pharmacology and its relevant co-variates (maturational, non-maturational, pharmacogenetics, disease-related, pregnancy related). As part of these research activities, he has a specific focus on the pharmacokinetics, -dynamics and safety of different analgo-sedatives like paracetamol, fentanyl, propofol, midazolam or dexmedetomidine in neonates and young infants, combined with non-pharmacological interventions (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karel_Allegaert).