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Immunology

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157
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8

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Citations
80918
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891
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
  • 2010 - Prince Mahidol Award
  • 1994 - Chalmers Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Kevin Marsh is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Modeling and Simulation.

The main topics in their work include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches

Kevin Marsh has published numerous papers, with some recent notable papers being:

  • "An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples", 2021, published in Wellcome Open Research
  • "Malaria protection due to sickle haemoglobin depends on parasite genotype", 2021, published in Nature
  • "The remaining unknowns: a mixed methods study of the current and global health research priorities for COVID-19", 2020, published in BMJ Global Health
  • "Funding and COVID-19 research priorities - are the research needs for Africa being met?", 2020, published in AAS Open Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kevin Marsh include:

  • Philip Bejon
  • Melissa C. Kapulu
  • Teun Bousema
  • Michelle K. Muthui
  • Chris Drakeley

Their work is published regularly in venues such as:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Throughout their career, Kevin Marsh has been recognized with numerous awards, including:

  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (2019)
  • Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) (2012)
  • Prince Mahidol Award (2010)
  • Chalmers Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1994)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • The pathogenic basis of malaria

    Louis H. Miller;Dror I. Baruch;Kevin Marsh;Ogobara K. Doumbo

  • Erratum: Corrigendum: The blood-stage malaria antigen PfRH5 is susceptible to vaccine-inducible cross-strain neutralizing antibody

    A D Douglas;A R Williams;J J Illingworth;G Kamuyu

  • Indicators of Life-Threatening Malaria in African Children

    Kevin Marsh;Dayo Forster;Catherine Waruiru;Isiah Mwangi

  • First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar

  • Immunity to malaria: more questions than answers.

    Jean Langhorne;Francis M Ndungu;Anne-Marit Sponaas;Kevin Marsh

  • Bacteremia among Children Admitted to a Rural Hospital in Kenya

    James A Berkley;Brett S Lowe;Isaiah Mwangi;Thomas Williams

  • Estimating mortality, morbidity and disability due to malaria among Africa's non-pregnant population.

    Snow Rw;Craig M;Deichmann U;Marsh K

  • Malaria: Biology and Disease.

    Alan F. Cowman;Alan F. Cowman;Julie Healer;Danushka Marapana;Danushka Marapana;Kevin Marsh

  • Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 is an endothelial cell adhesion receptor for Plasmodium falciparum.

    A R Berendt;D L Simmons;J Tansey;C I Newbold

  • Relation between severe malaria morbidity in children and level of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Africa

    Robert W Snow;Judy A Omumbo;Brett Lowe;Brett Lowe;Catherine S Molyneux;Catherine S Molyneux

  • Mortality and morbidity from malaria among children in a rural area of The Gambia, West Africa

    B.M. Greenwood;A.K. Bradley;A.M. Greenwood;Peter Byass

  • Parasite antigens on the infected red cell surface are targets for naturally acquired immunity to malaria

    Peter C. Bull;Brett S. Lowe;Brett S. Lowe;Moses Kortok;Catherine S. Molyneux

  • Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis for Health Care Decision Making—An Introduction: Report 1 of the ISPOR MCDA Emerging Good Practices Task Force

    Praveen Thokala;Nancy Devlin;Kevin Marsh;Rob Baltussen

  • Rapid switching to multiple antigenic and adhesive phenotypes in malaria

    David J. Roberts;Alister G. Craig;Anthony R. Berendt;Robert Pinches

  • Averting a malaria disaster.

    NJ White;F Nosten;S Looareesuwan;WM Watkins

  • Evidence for the involvement of VAR2CSA in pregnancy-associated malaria.

    Ali Salanti;Madeleine Dahlbäck;Madeleine Dahlbäck;Louise Turner;Louise Turner;Morten A. Nielsen;Morten A. Nielsen

  • A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;José Francisco Fernandes;José Francisco Fernandes

  • Artemether-lumefantrine treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis of day 7 lumefantrine concentrations and therapeutic response using individual patient data

    EA Ashley;F Aweeka;KI Barnes;Q Bassat

  • Epidemic multiple drug resistant Salmonella Typhimurium causing invasive disease in sub-Saharan Africa have a distinct genotype

    Robert A. Kingsley;Chisomo L. Msefula;Nicholas R. Thomson;Samuel Kariuki;Samuel Kariuki

  • Cerebral Malaria: Mechanisms of Brain Injury and Strategies for Improved Neurocognitive Outcome

    Richard Idro;Kevin Marsh;Kevin Marsh;Chandy C John;Charles R J Newton;Charles R J Newton;Charles R J Newton

  • Estimating mortality, morbidity and disability due to malaria among Africa's non-pregnant

    M. Craig;U. Deichmann;K. Marsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas N. Williams
Thomas N. Williams Imperial College London
Philip Bejon
Philip Bejon University of Oxford
Charles R. Newton
Charles R. Newton University of Oxford
Robert W. Snow
Robert W. Snow Kenya Medical Research Institute
Brett Lowe
Brett Lowe London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski University of Oxford
Peter C. Bull
Peter C. Bull University of Cambridge
Chris I. Newbold
Chris I. Newbold Wellcome Sanger Institute
James G. Beeson
James G. Beeson Burnet Institute
David J. Conway
David J. Conway London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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