Helen Leavis

Associate Professor - medical

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Contact

hleavis@umcutrecht.nl

Pure profile

Research groups

Rheumatology & clinical immunology

Research aim

To improve clinical practice by optimizing diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of rheumatic and immune-mediated and immune-deficient inflammatory diseases

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Primary immunodeficiency

Research aim

To address unmet medical needs by detecting novel primary immunodeficiency, and improving clinical practice by optimizing diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease.

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Recent publications

All publications

Pulmonary Computed Tomography Screening Frequency in Primary Antibody Deficiency Bas M Smits, Sharisa L Boland, Marjolein E Hol, Rana Dandis, Helen Leavis, Pim A de Jong, Sabine M P J Prevaes, Firdaus A A Mohamed Hoesein, Joris M van Montfrans, Pauline M Ellerbroek
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 2024, vol. 12, p.1037-1048.e3

YajC, a predicted membrane protein, promotes Enterococcus faecium biofilm formation in vitro and in a rat endocarditis model Janetta Top, Xinglin Zhang, Antoni P.A. Hendrickx, Sjef Boeren, Willem van Schaik, Johannes Huebner, Rob J.L. Willems, Helen L. Leavis, Fernanda L. Paganelli
FEMS Microbes, 2024, vol. 5

Neurological phenotype of adenosine deaminase 2 deficient patients Merelijne A Verschoof, Laura C C van Meenen, M Valérie E Andriessen, Daniëlle M C Brinkman, Sylvia Kamphuis, Taco W Kuijpers, Helen L Leavis, G Elizabeth Legger, Catharina M Mulders-Manders, Anne P J de Pagter, Abraham Rutgers, Gijs T J van Well, Jonathan M Coutinho, A Elisabeth Hak, Joris M van Montfrans, Femke C C Klouwer
European Journal of Neurology, 2023, vol. 31, p.1-9

JAK Inhibition with Baricitinib for Severe CVID-Related Enteropathy Amir Abdelmoumen, Joris van Montfrans, Femke van Wijk, Helen Leavis
Journal of Clinical Immunology, 2023, vol. 43, p.1766-1769

BCG Vaccination of Health Care Workers Does Not Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Infections nor Infection Severity or Duration Juana Claus, Thijs Ten Doesschate, Cheyenne Gumbs, Cornelis H van Werkhoven, Thomas W van der Vaart, Axel B Janssen, Gaby Smits, Rob van Binnendijk, Fiona van der Klis, Debbie van Baarle, Fernanda L Paganelli, Helen Leavis, Lilly M Verhagen, Simone A Joosten, Marc J M Bonten, Mihai G Netea, Janneke H H M van de Wijgert,
mBio, 2023, vol. 14

The PID Odyssey 2030 Susan Tadros, Johan Prévot, Isabelle Meyts, Silvia Sánchez-Ramón, Nahla H. Erwa, Alain Fischer, Guillaume Lefevre, Matthew Hotchko, Peter M. Jaworski, Helen Leavis, Cornelis Boersma, Jose Drabwell, Martin van Hagen, Samya Van Coillie, Martine Pergent, Siobhan O. Burns, Nizar Mahlaoui
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023, vol. 14

Fellowships & Awards

2019: Foundation for rare diseases grant – The role of intestinal bacteria in immunoglobulin A deficiency