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Christine Stabell Benn

Christine Stabell Benn

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Microbiology

D-Index
74
Citations
21014
World Ranking
1570
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Christine Stabell Benn is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark. Their research activity is focused primarily on immunology and microbiology as well as medicine. The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of immunology, health, infectious diseases, nutrition and dietetics, and epidemiology.

The main topics in their body of work include:

  • Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Vaccine coverage and hesitancy
  • Child nutrition and water access
  • Immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 impact on reproduction
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease," 2020, published in Nature Reviews. Immunology
  • "Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes," 2020, published in Nature Immunology
  • "BCG Vaccination in Humans Elicits Trained Immunity via the Hematopoietic Progenitor Compartment," 2020, published in Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Vaccinology: time to change the paradigm?," 2020, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "BCG vaccination in humans inhibits systemic inflammation in a sex-dependent manner," 2020, published in Journal of Clinical Investigation

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Peter Aaby
  • Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer
  • Sebastian Nielsen
  • Mihai G. Netea
  • Ane Bærent Fisker

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Vaccine
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Infection

Christine Stabell Benn received recognition as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease

    Mihai G. Netea;Mihai G. Netea;Jorge Domínguez-Andrés;Luis B. Barreiro;Luis B. Barreiro;Triantafyllos Chavakis;Triantafyllos Chavakis

  • BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity

    Rob J.W. Arts;Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag;Boris Novakovic;Yang Li

  • Randomized Trial of BCG Vaccination at Birth to Low-Birth-Weight Children: Beneficial Nonspecific Effects in the Neonatal Period?

    Peter Aaby;Adam Roth;Adam Roth;Henrik Ravn;Bitiguida Mutna Napirna

  • Long-lasting effects of BCG vaccination on both heterologous Th1/Th17 responses and innate trained immunity.

    Johanneke Kleinnijenhuis;Jessica Quintin;Frank Preijers;Christine Stabell Benn

  • A small jab – a big effect: nonspecific immunomodulation by vaccines

    Christine S. Benn;Mihai G. Netea;Liisa K. Selin;Peter Aaby

  • Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes.

    Maziar Divangahi;Peter Aaby;Shabaana A. Khader;Luis B. Barreiro

  • BCG Vaccination in Humans Elicits Trained Immunity via the Hematopoietic Progenitor Compartment

    Branko Cirovic;L. Charlotte J. de Bree;L. Charlotte J. de Bree;L. Charlotte J. de Bree;Laszlo Groh;Bas A. Blok;Bas A. Blok;Bas A. Blok

  • Cohort study of sibling effect, infectious diseases, and risk of atopic dermatitis during first 18 months of life

    Christine Stabell Benn;Mads Melbye;Jan Wohlfahrt;Bengt Björkstén

  • Non-specific effects of standard measles vaccine at 4.5 and 9 months of age on childhood mortality: randomised controlled trial

    Peter Aaby;Cesário L Martins;May-Lill Garly;Carlito Balé

  • Early BCG-Denmark and Neonatal Mortality Among Infants Weighing <2500 g: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Sofie Biering-Sørensen;Peter Aaby;Najaaraq Lund;Ivan Monteiro

  • Small randomized trial among low-birth-weight children receiving bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination at first health center contact.

    Sofie Biering-Sørensen;Peter Aaby;Bitiguida Mutna Napirna;Adam Roth

  • Non-specific effects of vaccines: Current evidence and potential implications

    L.C.J. de Bree;Valerie A.C.M. Koeken;Leo A.B. Joosten;Peter Aaby

  • Trained innate immunity as underlying mechanism for the long-term, nonspecific effects of vaccines

    Bastiaan A. Blok;Rob J. W. Arts;Reinout van Crevel;Christine Stabell Benn

  • The Effect of Oral Polio Vaccine at Birth on Infant Mortality: A Randomized Trial

    Najaaraq Lund;Andreas Andersen;Anna Sofie K Hansen;Frida S Jepsen

  • Live vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella and the risk of hospital admissions for nontargeted infections.

    Signe Sørup;Christine Stabell Benn;Christine Stabell Benn;Christine Stabell Benn;Anja Poulsen;Tyra G Krause

  • Outcomes of controlled human malaria infection after BCG vaccination.

    Jona Walk;L. Charlotte J. de Bree;Wouter Graumans;Rianne Stoter

  • Heterologous Immunological Effects of Early BCG Vaccination in Low-Birth-Weight Infants in Guinea-Bissau: A Randomized-controlled Trial

    Kristoffer Jarlov Jensen;Nanna Larsen;Sofie Biering-Sørensen;Andreas Andersen

  • Maternal obesity, gestational weight gain, and risk of asthma and atopic disease in offspring: A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

    Maria C Harpsøe;Saima Basit;Peter Bager;Jan Wohlfahrt

  • Testing the hypothesis that diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis vaccine has negative non-specific and sex-differential effects on child survival in high-mortality countries

    Peter Aaby;Christine Benn;Jens Nielsen;Ida Maria Lisse

  • Vaccinology: time to change the paradigm?

    Christine Stabell Benn;Christine Stabell Benn;Christine Stabell Benn;Ane B Fisker;Ane B Fisker;Andreas Rieckmann;Andreas Rieckmann;Signe Sørup;Signe Sørup

  • Randomised trial of effect of vitamin A supplementation on antibody response to measles vaccine in Guinea-Bissau, west Africa

    Christine Stabell Benn;Peter Aaby;Carlitos Balé;Jørn Olsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Aaby
Peter Aaby University of Southern Denmark
Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Hilton Whittle
Hilton Whittle London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Reinout van Crevel
Reinout van Crevel Radboud University
Maria Yazdanbakhsh
Maria Yazdanbakhsh Leiden University Medical Center
Leo A. B. Joosten
Leo A. B. Joosten Radboud University
Jens Nielsen
Jens Nielsen Chalmers University of Technology
Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute
Katie L. Flanagan
Katie L. Flanagan RMIT University
Jan Wohlfahrt
Jan Wohlfahrt Statens Serum Institut

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