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David S. Stephens

David S. Stephens

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Microbiology

D-Index
81
Citations
24111
World Ranking
1095
National Ranking
498

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David S. Stephens is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine, immunology, and microbiology, focusing specifically on infectious diseases, epidemiology, and immunology. The primary topics covered in their work include bacterial infections and vaccines, pneumonia and respiratory infections, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, reproductive tract infections research, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

The scientist has contributed to significant recent papers, including:

  • Homologous and Heterologous Covid-19 Booster Vaccinations, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Rapid Generation of Neutralizing Antibody Responses in COVID-19 Patients, 2020, Cell Reports Medicine
  • Longitudinal analysis shows durable and broad immune memory after SARS-CoV-2 infection with persisting antibody responses and memory B and T cells, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
  • Meningococcal Vaccination: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2020, MMWR Recommendations and Reports
  • Infection- and vaccine-induced antibody binding and neutralization of the B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 variant, 2021, Cell Host & Microbe

David S. Stephens frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Yih-Ling Tzeng
  • Srilatha Edupuganti
  • Robert L. Atmar
  • Mehul S. Suthar
  • Kirsten E. Lyke

The scientist's work appears in a variety of publication venues, with several papers published repeatedly in:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Cell Reports Medicine

David S. Stephens has received recognition in the form of awards such as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014 and Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Epidemic meningitis, meningococcaemia, and Neisseria meningitidis.

    David S Stephens;David S Stephens;Brian Greenwood;Petter Brandtzaeg

  • Molecular signatures of antibody responses derived from a systems biology study of five human vaccines

    Shuzhao Li;Nadine Rouphael;Sai Duraisingham;Sandra Romero-Steiner

  • The Epidemiology of Candidemia in Two United States Cities: Results of a Population-Based Active Surveillance

    Annie S. Kao;Mary E. Brandt;W. Ruth Pruitt;Laura A. Conn

  • A Population-Based Assessment of Invasive Disease Due to Group B Streptococcus in Nonpregnant Adults

    M M Farley;R C Harvey;T Stull;J D Smith

  • The Changing Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease in the United States, 1992–1996

    Nancy E. Rosenstein;Bradley A. Perkins;David S. Stephens;Lewis Lefkowitz

  • Rapid generation of neutralizing antibody responses in COVID-19 patients

    Mehul S. Suthar;Mehul S. Suthar;Matthew G. Zimmerman;Matthew G. Zimmerman;Robert C. Kauffman;Grace Mantus

  • Capsule switching of Neisseria meningitidis

    J. S. Swartley;A. A. Marfin;S. Edupuganti;L.-J. Liu

  • Longitudinal analysis shows durable and broad immune memory after SARS-CoV-2 infection with persisting antibody responses and memory B and T cells.

    Kristen W. Cohen;Susanne L. Linderman;Zoe Moodie;Julie Czartoski

  • Neisseria meningitidis: biology, microbiology, and epidemiology.

    Nadine G. Rouphael;David S. Stephens;David S. Stephens

  • Changes in Neisseria meningitidis disease epidemiology in the United States, 1998-2007: implications for prevention of meningococcal disease.

    Amanda C. Cohn;Jessica R. MacNeil;Lee H. Harrison;Cynthia Hatcher

  • Macrolide resistance among invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates.

    Terri B. Hyde;David S. Stephens;Duc J. Vugia

  • Description and nomenclature of Neisseria meningitidis capsule locus.

    Odile B. Harrison;Heike Claus;Ying Jiang;Julia S. Bennett

  • Cryptococcosis: Population-Based Multistate Active Surveillance and Risk Factors in Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Infected Persons

    Rana A. Hajjeh;Laura A. Conn;David S. Stephens;Wendy Baughman

  • Role of foods in sporadic listeriosis. II. Microbiologic and epidemiologic investigation. The Listeria Study Group.

    R W Pinner;A Schuchat;B Swaminathan;P S Hayes

  • Epidemiology and pathogenesis of Neisseria meningitidis

    Yih-Ling Tzeng;David S. Stephens

  • Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance in Neisseria meningitidis

    Yih-Ling Tzeng;Karita D. Ambrose;Susu Zughaier;Xiaoliu Zhou

  • Differential Induction of the Toll-Like Receptor 4-MyD88-Dependent and -Independent Signaling Pathways by Endotoxins

    Susu M. Zughaier;Shanta M. Zimmer;Anup Datta;Russell W. Carlson

  • Conquering the Meningococcus

    David S. Stephens;David S. Stephens

  • Uncloaking the meningococcus: dynamics of carriage and disease

    David S Stephens

  • Meningococcal Vaccination: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2020

    Sarah A. Mbaeyi;Catherine H. Bozio;Jonathan Duffy;Lorry G. Rubin

  • Impact of Meningococcal Serogroup C Conjugate Vaccines on Carriage and Herd Immunity. Commentary

    David S. Stephens;Martin C. J. Maiden;Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavon;Rachel Urwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Monica M. Farley
Monica M. Farley Emory University
Russell W. Carlson
Russell W. Carlson University of Georgia
William M. Shafer
William M. Shafer Emory University
Nadine Rouphael
Nadine Rouphael Emory University
Anne Schuchat
Anne Schuchat Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jay D. Wenger
Jay D. Wenger Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rafi Ahmed
Rafi Ahmed Emory University
Lee H. Harrison
Lee H. Harrison University of Pittsburgh
Mehul S. Suthar
Mehul S. Suthar Emory University
Arthur L. Reingold
Arthur L. Reingold University of California, Berkeley

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