Summary
I am an epidemiologist whose research focuses on understanding how early-life social and environmental conditions impact respiratory health and allergic disease. With my background in immunology, my research also examines the role of the microbiome and the immune response. My further interests include cross-birth cohort analysis and collaboration, and making data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable).
I joined Imperial College in 2022 on an NHLI fellowship to investigate social inequalities in respiratory health using data from a network of UK birth cohort data known as UNICORN (Unified Cohorts Research Network). Before starting at Imperial I was a postdoc in Professor Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen’s Perinatal, Obstetric & Paediatric Epidemiology research group at the University of Copenhagen where I held a Lundbeck Foundation fellowship to investigate the influence of early-life animal exposure on the gut microbiome and the risk of asthma. It was during this time that I developed an interest in cross-cohort collaboration due to my involvement in establishing the EU Child Cohort Network, a FAIR network of European and Australian birth cohort data.
My interest in asthma and allergic disease developed during my PhD and early postdoc in Professor David Dunne’s Schistosomiasis Research Group at the University of Cambridge. Here I applied multidisciplinary techniques to investigate the immunoepidemiology of helminth infections such as schistosomiasis and hookworm in East Africa, including how these parasitic worms may protect against asthma and allergy.
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Vinther JL, Cadman T, Avraam D, et al.Vinther JL, Cadman T, Avraam D, Ekstrøm CT, I A Sørensen T, Elhakeem A, Santos AC, Pinot de Moira A, Heude B, Iñiguez C, Pizzi C, Simons E, Voerman E, Corpeleijn E, Zariouh F, Santorelli G, Inskip HM, Barros H, Carson J, Harris JR, Nader JL, Ronkainen J, Strandberg-Larsen K, Santa-Marina L, Calas L, Cederkvist L, Popovic M, Charles M-A, Welten M, Vrijheid M, Azad M, Subbarao P, Burton P, Mandhane PJ, Huang R-C, Wilson RC, Haakma S, Fernández-Barrés S, Turvey S, Santos S, Tough SC, Sebert S, Moraes TJ, Salika T, Jaddoe VWV, Lawlor DA, Nybo Andersen A-M close, 2023, Gestational age at birth and body size from infancy through adolescence: An individual participant data meta-analysis on 253,810 singletons in 16 birth cohort studies., Plos Med, Vol:20
van Meel ER, Mensink-Bout SM, den Dekker HT, et al.van Meel ER, Mensink-Bout SM, den Dekker HT, Ahluwalia TS, Annesi-Maesano I, Arshad SH, Baiz N, Barros H, von Berg A, Bisgaard H, Bonnelykke K, Carlsson CJ, Casas M, Chatzi L, Chevrier C, Dalmeijer G, Dezateux C, Duchen K, Eggesbo M, van der Ent C, Fantini M, Flexeder C, Frey U, Forastiere F, Gehring U, Gori D, Granell R, Griffiths LJ, Inskip H, Jerzynska J, Karvonen AM, Keil T, Kelleher C, Kogevinas M, Koppen G, Kuehni CE, Lambrechts N, Lau S, Lehmann I, Ludvigsson J, Magnus MC, Melen E, Mehegan J, Mommers M, Andersen A-MN, Nystad W, Pedersen ESL, Pekkanen J, Peltola V, Pike KC, de Moira AP, Pizzi C, Polanska K, Popovic M, Porta D, Roberts G, Santos AC, Schultz ES, Standl M, Sunyer J, Thijs C, Toivonen L, Uphoff E, Usemann J, Vafeidi M, Wright J, de Jongste JC, Jaddoe VWV, Duijts L close, 2022, Early-life respiratory tract infections and the risk of school-age lower lung function and asthma: a meta-analysis of 150 000 European children, European Respiratory Journal, Vol:60, ISSN:0903-1936
Fortier I, Wey TW, Bergeron J, et al.Fortier I, Wey TW, Bergeron J, Pinot de Moira A, Nybo-Andersen A-M, Bishop T, Murtagh MJ, Miocevic M, Swertz MA, van Enckevort E, Marcon Y, Mayrhofer MT, Ornelas JP, Sebert S, Santos AC, Rocha A, Wilson RC, Griffith LE, Burton P close, 2022, Life course of retrospective harmonization initiatives: key elements to consider, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, ISSN:2040-1744
Cadman T, Elhakeem A, Vinther JL, et al.Cadman T, Elhakeem A, Vinther JL, Avraam D, Espi PC, Calas L, Cardol M, Charles M-A, Corpeleijn E, Crozier S, de Castro M, Estarlich M, Fernandes A, Fossatti S, Gruszfeld D, Gurlich K, Grote V, Haakma S, Harris JR, Heude B, Huang R-C, Ibarluzea J, Inskip H, Jaddoe V, Koletzko B, Lioret S, Luque V, Manios Y, Moirano G, Moschonis G, Nader J, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Nybo-Andersen A-M, McEachen R, de Moira AP, Popovic M, Salika T, Roumeliotaki T, Marina LS, Santos S, Serbert S, Tzorovili E, Vafeiadi M, Verduci E, Vrijheid M, Welten M, Wright J, Yang TC, Zugna D, Lawlor D close, 2022, Associations of maternal education, area deprivation, proximity to greenspace during pregnancy and gestational diabetes with Body Mass Index from early childhood to early adulthood: A proof-of-concept federated analysis in seventeen birth cohorts
Elhakeem A, Taylor AE, Inskip HM, et al.Elhakeem A, Taylor AE, Inskip HM, Huang J, Tafflet M, Vinther JL, Asta F, Erkamp JS, Gagliardi L, Guerlich K, Halliday J, Harskamp-van Ginkel MW, He J-R, Jaddoe VWV, Lewis S, Maher GM, Manios Y, Mansell T, McCarthy FP, McDonald SW, Medda E, Nistico L, de Moira AP, Popovic M, Reiss IKM, Rodrigues C, Salika T, Smith A, Stazi MA, Walker C, Wu M, Asvold BO, Barros H, Brescianini S, Burgner D, Chan JKY, Charles M-A, Eriksson JG, Gaillard R, Grote V, Haberg SE, Heude B, Koletzko B, Morton S, Moschonis G, Murray D, O'Mahony D, Porta D, Qiu X, Richiardi L, Rusconi F, Saffery R, Tough SC, Vrijkotte TGM, Nelson SM, Andersen A-MN, Magnus MC, Lawlor DA close, 2022, Association of Assisted Reproductive Technology With Offspring Growth and Adiposity From Infancy to Early Adulthood, Jama Network Open, Vol:5, ISSN:2574-3805
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