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2023

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2019 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Tom van der Poll is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research centers primarily on medicine, with substantial contributions in the fields of immunology and microbiology.

The scientist's work encompasses several subfields including epidemiology, immunology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders

Recent papers authored or co-authored by van der Poll include:

  • The immunology of sepsis, 2021, published in Immunity
  • Pneumonia, 2021, published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • The COVID-19 puzzle: deciphering pathophysiology and phenotypes of a new disease entity, 2021, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Afucosylated IgG characterizes enveloped viral responses and correlates with COVID-19 severity, 2020, published in Science
  • Lung Microbiota Predict Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients, 2020, published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with van der Poll include:

  • W. Joost Wiersinga
  • Brendon P. Scicluna
  • Lieuwe D. J. Bos
  • Marcus J. Schultz
  • Tom D. Y. Reijnders

Van der Poll has published extensively in several key venues in their field. These include:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Critical Care
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Intensive Care Medicine

Their contributions have been recognized with an award from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.

Best Publications

  • The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

    Mervyn Singer;Clifford S. Deutschman;Christopher Warren Seymour;Manu Shankar-Hari

  • Severe sepsis and septic shock

    Derek C. Angus;Tom van der Poll

  • The immunopathology of sepsis and potential therapeutic targets

    Tom van der Poll;Frank L. van de Veerdonk;Brendon P. Scicluna;Mihai G. Netea

  • Mrp8 and Mrp14 are endogenous activators of Toll-like receptor 4, promoting lethal, endotoxin-induced shock

    Thomas Vogl;Klaus Tenbrock;Stephan Ludwig;Nadja Leukert

  • Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19

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  • Derivation, Validation, and Potential Treatment Implications of Novel Clinical Phenotypes for Sepsis.

    Christopher W. Seymour;Jason N. Kennedy;Shu Wang;Chung-Chou H. Chang

  • Bidirectional Relation Between Inflammation and Coagulation

    Marcel Levi;Tom van der Poll;Harry R. Büller

  • Sepsis: a roadmap for future research

    Jonathan Cohen;Jean-Louis Vincent;Neill K J Adhikari;Flavia R Machado

  • Inflammation and coagulation.

    Marcel Levi;Tom van der Poll

  • Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia.

    Tom van der Poll;Steven M Opal

  • Pneumonia

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  • The immunology of sepsis

    Tom van der Poll;Manu Shankar-Hari;Manu Shankar-Hari;W. Joost Wiersinga

  • Coagulation and sepsis

    Marcel Levi;Marcel Levi;Tom van der Poll

  • Inflammation, endothelium, and coagulation in sepsis

    Marcel Schouten;Willem Joost Wiersinga;Marcel Levi;Tom van der Poll

  • Activation of coagulation after administration of tumor necrosis factor to normal subjects.

    T van der Poll;H R Büller;H ten Cate;C H Wortel

  • A guiding map for inflammation

    Mihai G Netea;Frances Balkwill;Michel Chonchol;Fabio Cominelli

  • The gut microbiota plays a protective role in the host defence against pneumococcal pneumonia

    Tim J Schuijt;Jacqueline M Lankelma;Brendon P Scicluna;Felipe de Sousa e Melo

  • Host-pathogen interactions in sepsis.

    Tom van der Poll;Steven M Opal

  • Melioidosis: insights into the pathogenicity of Burkholderia pseudomallei

    W. Joost Wiersinga;Tom van der Poll;Nicholas J. White;Nicholas J. White;Nicholas P. Day;Nicholas P. Day

  • Lymphocytopenia and neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio predict bacteremia better than conventional infection markers in an emergency care unit.

    Cornelis P C de Jager;Paul T L van Wijk;Rejiv B Mathoera;Jacqueline de Jongh-Leuvenink

  • Renal-associated TLR2 mediates ischemia/reperfusion injury in the kidney

    Jaklien C. Leemans;Geurt Stokman;Nike Claessen;Kasper M. Rouschop

  • Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Pneumococcal Meningitis

    Barry B. Mook-Kanamori;Madelijn Geldhoff;Tom van der Poll;Diederik van de Beek

  • Inhibition of endotoxin-induced activation of coagulation and fibrinolysis by pentoxifylline or by a monoclonal anti-tissue factor antibody in chimpanzees

    M Levi;H ten Cate;K A Bauer;T van der Poll

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandrine Florquin
Sandrine Florquin University of Amsterdam
Alex F. de Vos
Alex F. de Vos University of Amsterdam
Cornelis van 't Veer
Cornelis van 't Veer University of Amsterdam
Marcus J. Schultz
Marcus J. Schultz University of Amsterdam
Marcel Levi
Marcel Levi University of Amsterdam
Joris J. T. H. Roelofs
Joris J. T. H. Roelofs University of Amsterdam
Joost C. M. Meijers
Joost C. M. Meijers University of Amsterdam
Marc J. M. Bonten
Marc J. M. Bonten Utrecht University
René Lutter
René Lutter University of Amsterdam
Peter Speelman
Peter Speelman University of Amsterdam

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