Name: Dr. He Qiushui
Position: Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Finland
H-Index: 41
SCI Publications: 78
Achievements:
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Served as head of the National Reference laboratory for pertussis and diphtheria of Finland since 2001
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Conducted fascinating research over the past 20 years in the area of respiratory infectious diseases, especially in pertussis and genetic susceptibility to respiratory infections
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Since 2005 together with Jussi Mertsola he has been chairing the European network EUpertstrain in which 13 pertussis reference and research laboratories from 11 European countries are involved
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Lead an ECDC funded European network EUpert-labnet “Coordination of activities for laboratory surveillance of whooping cough in Member States and EEA countries” since 2011
Current Research Interests:
• Effect of Toll-like receptor gene polymorphisms on nasopharyngeal bacterial colonization and on
development of allergy and asthma in children
• Effect of polymorphisms of innate immune genes on cell-mediated and humoral immunity after pertussis
vaccination and infection
• Impact of changing from whole-cell to acellular pertussis vaccine on incidence of disease and bacterial populations
• Development of new diagnostic and molecular typing tools
• Molecular surveillance of Corynebacterium diphtheriae
