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  • 2016 - J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, Robarts Research Institute
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1999 - King Faisal Prize
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Stephen T. Holgate is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within medical and environmental sciences, focusing mainly on topics related to health impacts and respiratory conditions.

The primary fields of study include Medicine and Environmental Science, with significant contributions also made in several subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and research involving Small Animals.

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Animal testing and alternatives
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Holgate has authored multiple papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • "The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research," 2020, PLoS Biology
  • "The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research," 2020, Experimental Physiology
  • "Reporting animal research: Explanation and elaboration for the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0," 2020, PLoS Biology
  • "The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research*," 2020, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • "The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research," 2020, British Journal of Pharmacology

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Cezmi A. Akdiş
  • Ole H. Petersen
  • Nathalie Percie du Sert
  • Viki Hurst
  • Amrita Ahluwalia

The venues where Holgate frequently publishes are Allergy, PLoS Biology, The Lancet, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, and the European Respiratory Journal.

Stephen T. Holgate has received several awards and recognitions, including:

  • J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine from the Robarts Research Institute in 2016
  • Membership in Academia Europaea in 2013
  • King Faisal Prize in 1999
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • Air pollution and health.

    Bert Brunekreef;Stephen T Holgate

  • The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research

    Nathalie Percie du Sert;Viki Hurst;Amrita Ahluwalia;Sabina Alam

  • Reporting animal research: Explanation and elaboration for the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0.

    Nathalie Percie du Sert;Amrita Ahluwalia;Sabina Alam;Marc T. Avey

  • Effects of an interleukin-5 blocking monoclonal antibody on eosinophils, airway hyper-responsiveness, and the late asthmatic response

    Margaret J Leckie;Anneke ten Brinke;Jamey Khan;Zuzana Diamant

  • Exposure to house-dust mite allergen (Der p I) and the development of asthma in childhood: a prospective study.

    Richard Sporik;Stephen T. Holgate;Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills;Jeremy J. Cogswell

  • Mucosal inflammation in asthma.

    R. Djukanović;W. R. Roche;J. W. Wilson;C. R. W. Beasley

  • Mast-Cell Infiltration of Airway Smooth Muscle in Asthma

    Christopher E. Brightling;Peter Bradding;Fiona A. Symon;Stephen T. Holgate

  • Association of the ADAM33 gene with asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness

    Paul Van Eerdewegh;Randall D. Little;Josée Dupuis;Richard G. Del Mastro

  • Asthmatic bronchial epithelial cells have a deficient innate immune response to infection with rhinovirus

    Peter A.B. Wark;Sebastian L. Johnston;Fabio Bucchieri;Robert Powell

  • Cellular events in the bronchi in mild asthma and after bronchial provocation.

    Beasley R;Roche Wr;Roberts Ja;Holgate St

  • SUBEPITHELIAL FIBROSIS IN THE BRONCHI OF ASTHMATICS

    WilliamR. Roche;JulieH. Williams;Richard Beasley;StephenT. Holgate

  • Role of deficient type III interferon-λ production in asthma exacerbations

    Marco Contoli;Simon D Message;Vasile Laza-Stanca;Michael R Edwards

  • Innate and adaptive immune responses in asthma

    Stephen T Holgate

  • Acute inflammatory responses in the airways and peripheral blood after short-term exposure to diesel exhaust in healthy human volunteers.

    Sundeep Salvi;Anders Blomberg;Bertil Rudell;Frank Kelly

  • Pathogenesis of Asthma

    Stephen T. Holgate

  • Treatable traits: toward precision medicine of chronic airway diseases.

    Alvar Agusti;Elisabeth Bel;Mike Thomas;Claus Vogelmeier

  • Interleukin-4, -5, and -6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in normal and asthmatic airways: evidence for the human mast cell as a source of these cytokines.

    P Bradding;J A Roberts;K M Britten;S Montefort

  • Induction of nitric oxide synthase in asthma

    Q Hamid;Springall;JM Polak;V Riveros-Moreno

  • Uniform definition of asthma severity, control, and exacerbations: Document presented for the World Health Organization Consultation on Severe Asthma

    Jean Bousquet;Jean Bousquet;Eva Mantzouranis;Alvaro A. Cruz;Nadia Aït-Khaled

  • Allergy Frontiers: Diagnosis and Health Economics

    Ruby Pawankar;Stephen T. Holgate;Lanny J. Rosenwasser

  • The ARRIVE guidelines 2019: updated guidelines for reporting animal research

    Nathalie Percie du Sert;Viki Hurst;Amrita Ahluwalia;Sabina Alam

Frequent Co-Authors

Donna E. Davies
Donna E. Davies University of Southampton
Peter H. Howarth
Peter H. Howarth University of Southampton
Ratko Djukanovic
Ratko Djukanovic University of Southampton
Susan J. Wilson
Susan J. Wilson University of Southampton
John W. Holloway
John W. Holloway University of Southampton
Martin K. Church
Martin K. Church Southampton General Hospital
Sebastian L. Johnston
Sebastian L. Johnston Imperial College London
Anthony J. Frew
Anthony J. Frew Royal Sussex County Hospital
Ruby Pawankar
Ruby Pawankar Nippon Medical School
Andrew F. Walls
Andrew F. Walls University of Southampton

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