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Robert S. Heyderman is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a significant focus on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Food Science, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Heyderman's work encompasses various topics, reflecting extensive research activity in Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Respiratory Viral Infections Research, Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Salmonella and Campylobacter Epidemiology, Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Detection and Treatment, Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Heyderman has published in a range of venues, frequently contributing to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Wellcome Open Research, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, and UNC Libraries. Their recent peer-reviewed papers include:

  • Safety and Efficacy of a Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine in Malawian Children, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • High residual carriage of vaccine-serotype Streptococcus pneumoniae after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Malawi, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Acute bacterial meningitis, 2021, Current Opinion in Neurology
  • Global diversity and antimicrobial resistance of typhoid fever pathogens: Insights from a meta-analysis of 13,000 Salmonella Typhi genomes, 2023, eLife
  • Human SARS-CoV-2 challenge uncovers local and systemic response dynamics, 2024, Nature

Contributions involve collaboration with several frequent co-authors, including Neil French, Todd D. Swarthout, Melita A. Gordon, Jacquline Msefula, and Comfort Brown. These partnerships reflect an interconnected research network and interdisciplinary efforts.

Best Publications

  • Invasive non-typhoidal salmonella disease: an emerging and neglected tropical disease in Africa

    Nicholas A Feasey;Nicholas A Feasey;Gordon Dougan;Robert A Kingsley;Robert S Heyderman;Robert S Heyderman

  • Dysfunction of Endothelial Protein C Activation in Severe Meningococcal Sepsis

    Saul N. Faust;Michael Levin;Odile B. Harrison;Robert D. Goldin

  • 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

  • Aspirin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

    P W Horby;M Campbell;E Spata;Emberson

  • Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events

    Vanessa K. Wong;Vanessa K. Wong;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Derek J. Pickard;Julian Parkhill

  • Human papillomavirus and head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    C.G.L. Hobbs;J.A.C. Sterne;M. Bailey;R.S. Heyderman

  • Intracontinental spread of human invasive Salmonella Typhimurium pathovariants in sub-Saharan Africa

    Chinyere K. Okoro;Robert A. Kingsley;Thomas Richard Connor;Simon R. Harris

  • Epidemics of Invasive Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis and S. enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection Associated with Multidrug Resistance among Adults and Children in Malawi

    Melita A. Gordon;Melita A. Gordon;Stephen M. Graham;Stephen M. Graham;Stephen M. Graham;Amanda L. Walsh;Lorna Wilson

  • 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

  • Antifungal Combinations for Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa

    Síle F. Molloy;Cecilia Kanyama;Robert S. Heyderman;Angela Loyse

  • Brain swelling and death in children with cerebral malaria

    Karl B. Seydel;Samuel D. Kampondeni;Clarissa Valim;Michael J. Potchen

  • Adjunctive Dexamethasone in HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis

    J. Beardsley;M. Wolbers;F.M. Kibengo;A.-B.M. Ggayi

  • Trends in antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infection isolates at a large urban hospital in Malawi (1998–2016): a surveillance study

    Patrick Musicha;Patrick Musicha;Patrick Musicha;Jennifer E Cornick;Jennifer E Cornick;Naor Bar-Zeev;Naor Bar-Zeev;Neil French

  • Impact of HIV infection on meningitis in Harare, Zimbabwe: a prospective study of 406 predominantly adult patients.

    James G. Hakim;Innocent T. Gangaidzo;Robert S. Heyderman;Jens Mielke

  • Acute bacterial meningitis in adults

    Fiona McGill;Robert S Heyderman;Robert S Heyderman;Stavros Panagiotou;Allan R Tunkel

  • HIV-exposed uninfected children: a growing population with a vulnerable immune system?

    L. Afran;L. Afran;M. Garcia Knight;M. Garcia Knight;E. Nduati;Britta Urban;Britta Urban

  • The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults

    F McGill;R S Heyderman;B D Michael;B D Michael;S Defres;S Defres;S Defres

  • Loss of endothelial protein C receptors links coagulation and inflammation to parasite sequestration in cerebral malaria in African children.

    Christopher A. Moxon;Christopher A. Moxon;Christopher A. Moxon;Samuel C. Wassmer;Danny A. Milner;Ngawina V. Chisala

  • Circulating platelet–neutrophil complexes represent a subpopulation of activated neutrophils primed for adhesion, phagocytosis and intracellular killing

    M. J. Peters;G. Dixon;K. T. Kotowicz;D. J. Hatch

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil French
Neil French University of Liverpool
Dean Everett
Dean Everett Khalifa University
Melita A. Gordon
Melita A. Gordon University of Liverpool
Malcolm E. Molyneux
Malcolm E. Molyneux Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Stephen B. Gordon
Stephen B. Gordon Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Calman A. MacLennan
Calman A. MacLennan Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Elizabeth L. Corbett
Elizabeth L. Corbett London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Tom Solomon
Tom Solomon University of Liverpool
Stephen D. Bentley
Stephen D. Bentley Wellcome Sanger Institute
Nigel A. Cunliffe
Nigel A. Cunliffe University of Liverpool

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