Dr Andrea K. Boggild

Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and Medical Director of the Tropical Disease Unit in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Toronto General Hospital, Canada.

Dr Andrea K. Boggild is a licensed Medical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases physician with certification in Tropical Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine, who provides care to patients with travel-acquired illnesses and infections in her medical practice. As a Clinician Scientist in the Department of Medicine, she has graduate supervisory privileges through the University of Toronto's Institute of Medical Science and leads ongoing international research and clinical collaborations in the fields of tropical medicine and travel and migration health. Through this work she has published over 125 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and clinical guidelines, and has supervised more than 75 research trainees across academic levels.

She presently Chairs the Malaria Sub-committee of the Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT), an external advisory body to the Public Health Agency of Canada, and serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the BMC series journal Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines.