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Overview

Martin L. Hibberd is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a substantial body of work within infectious diseases, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, molecular biology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's notable publication record includes several recent papers that highlight different aspects of microbiota, child nutrition, and infectious diseases. Recent works include A Microbiota-Directed Food Intervention for Undernourished Children (2021, New England Journal of Medicine), Robust barcoding and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages for epidemiological and clinical studies (2020, Genome Medicine), Duodenal Microbiota in Stunted Undernourished Children with Enteropathy (2020, New England Journal of Medicine), Bifidobacterium infantis treatment promotes weight gain in Bangladeshi infants with severe acute malnutrition (2022, Science Translational Medicine), and Evaluating microbiome-directed fibre snacks in gnotobiotic mice and humans (2021, Nature).

The areas of investigation represented in Hibberd's work include:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Tuberculosis research and epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Child nutrition and water access
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Malaria research and control
  • Gut microbiota and health

Frequent coauthors collaborating on various projects are Jeffrey I. Gordon, Michael J. Barratt, Jody Phelan, Taane G. Clark, and Tahmeed Ahmed.

Publication venues where Hibberd frequently contributes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • Vaccine
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The extensive publication record encompasses 152 works in medicine, with specialization across subfields such as infectious diseases (52 publications), epidemiology (34 publications), public health, environmental and occupational health (32 publications), molecular biology (25 publications), and nutrition and dietetics (23 publications).

Best Publications

  • Normal gut microbiota modulates brain development and behavior

    Rochellys Diaz Heijtz;Shugui Wang;Farhana Anuar;Yu Qian

  • LoFreq: a sequence-quality aware, ultra-sensitive variant caller for uncovering cell-population heterogeneity from high-throughput sequencing datasets

    Andreas Wilm;Pauline Poh Kim Aw;Denis Bertrand;Grace Hui Ting Yeo

  • Genomewide association study of leprosy.

    Fu-Ren Zhang;Wei Huang;Shu-Min Chen;Liang-Dan Sun

  • RNA Viral Community in Human Feces: Prevalence of Plant Pathogenic Viruses

    Tao Zhang;Mya Breitbart;Wah Heng Lee;Jin-Quan Run

  • Genome-wide association identifies multiple ulcerative colitis susceptibility loci

    Dermot P.B. McGovern;Agnès Gardet;Leif Törkvist;Philippe Goyette

  • Chronic Infection With Camelid Hepatitis E Virus in a Liver Transplant Recipient Who Regularly Consumes Camel Meat and Milk.

    Guan Huei Lee;Guan Huei Lee;Boon Huan Tan;Esmeralda Chi-Yuan Teo;Seng Gee Lim;Seng Gee Lim

  • Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Philip C Haycock;Stephen Burgess;Aayah Nounu

  • Integrating informatics tools and portable sequencing technology for rapid detection of resistance to anti-tuberculous drugs.

    Jody E. Phelan;Denise M. O’Sullivan;Diana Machado;Jorge Ramos

  • Association of variants of the gene for mannose-binding lectin with susceptibility to meningococcal disease

    Martin L Hibberd;Michiko Sumiya;John A Summerfield;Robert Booy

  • Detection of Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected and -Uninfected African Adults Using Whole Blood RNA Expression Signatures: A Case-Control Study

    Myrsini Kaforou;Victoria J. Wright;Tolu Oni;Tolu Oni;Neil French;Neil French

  • Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis and host RNA expression in Africa.

    Suzanne T. Anderson;Myrsini Kaforou;Andrew J. Brent;Victoria J. Wright

  • Genome-wide analysis of multi- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Francesc Coll;Jody Phelan;Grant A Hill-Cawthorne;Grant A Hill-Cawthorne;Mridul B Nair

  • Genome-wide association study identifies FCGR2A as a susceptibility locus for Kawasaki disease.

    Chiea Chuen Khor;Chiea Chuen Khor;Sonia Davila;Sonia Davila;Willemijn B. Breunis;Yi Ching Lee

  • 4G/5G promoter polymorphism in the plasminogen-activator-inhibitor-1 gene and outcome of meningococcal disease

    Peter Wm Hermans;Martin L Hibberd;Robert Booy;Olufunmilayo Daramola

  • Assay of locus-specific genetic load implicates rare Toll-like receptor 4 mutations in meningococcal susceptibility.

    Irina Smirnova;Navjiwan Mann;Annemiek Dols;H. H. Derkx

  • Genetic association and expression studies indicate a role of toll-like receptor 8 in pulmonary tuberculosis.

    Sonia Davila;Martin L. Hibberd;Ranjeeta Hari Dass;Hazel E. E. Wong

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the CFH region associated with host susceptibility to meningococcal disease.

    Sonia Davila;Victoria J. Wright;Chiea Chuen Khor;Kar Seng Sim

  • A Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Trial of Balapiravir, a Polymerase Inhibitor, in Adult Dengue Patients

    Nguyet Minh Nguyen;Chau Nguyen Bich Tran;Lam Khanh Phung;Kien Thi Hue Duong

  • Decision tree algorithms predict the diagnosis and outcome of dengue fever in the early phase of illness.

    Lukas B. Tanner;Mark Schreiber;Jenny G. H. Low;Adrian Ong

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel and Functionally Related Susceptibility Loci for Kawasaki Disease

    David Burgner;Sonia Davila;Willemijn B. Breunis;Sarah B. Ng

  • Intestinal microbiota regulate xenobiotic metabolism in the liver.

    Britta Björkholm;Chek Mei Bok;Chek Mei Bok;Annelie Lundin;Annelie Lundin;Joseph Rafter

Frequent Co-Authors

Chiea Chuen Khor
Chiea Chuen Khor Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Michael Levin
Michael Levin Tufts University
Taane G. Clark
Taane G. Clark London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Susana Campino
Susana Campino London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Eng Eong Ooi
Eng Eong Ooi National University of Singapore
Jane C. Burns
Jane C. Burns University of California, San Diego
Ruth McNerney
Ruth McNerney University of Cape Town
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Lachlan J. M. Coin
Lachlan J. M. Coin University of Melbourne
Mark Seielstad
Mark Seielstad University of California, San Francisco

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