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Lilly Verhagen

Assistant Professor - medical

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Recent publications

Determinants of Systemic SARS-CoV-2-Specific Antibody Responses to Infection and to Vaccination Juana Claus, Thijs Ten Doesschate, Esther Taks, Priya A Debisarun, Gaby Smits, Rob van Binnendijk, Fiona van der Klis, Lilly M Verhagen, Marien I de Jonge, Marc J M Bonten, Mihai G Netea, Janneke H H M van de Wijgert
Vaccines, 2024, vol. 12
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
Antibody deficiencies in children are associated with prematurity and a family history of infections Mischa H Koenen, Joris M van Montfrans, Sabine M P J Prevaes, Martine P van Engelen, Erhard van der Vries, Marianne Boes, Elisabeth A M Sanders, Debby Bogaert, Lilly M Verhagen
Pediatric Research, 2023, vol. 94, p.2047-2053
Mycoplasma pneumoniae carriage in children with recurrent respiratory tract infections is associated with a less diverse and altered microbiota Mischa H Koenen, Ruben C A de Groot, Wouter A A de Steenhuijsen Piters, Mei Ling J N Chu, Kayleigh Arp, Raïza Hasrat, Ad C J M de Bruijn, Silvia C Estevão, Erhard van der Vries, Jeroen D Langereis, Marianne Boes, Debby Bogaert, Annemarie M C van Rossum, Wendy W J Unger, Lilly M Verhagen
EBioMedicine, 2023, vol. 98
The microbiota in respiratory tract infections Mischa H. Koenen, Wouter A.A. De Steenhuijsen Piters, Debby Bogaert, Lilly M. Verhagen
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2022, vol. 35, p.215-222
Analysing the protection from respiratory tract infections and allergic diseases early in life by human milk components Arthur H. van Stigt, Katrien Oude Rengerink, Kitty W.M. Bloemenkamp, Wouter de Waal, Sabine M.P.J. Prevaes, Thuy My Le, Femke van Wijk, Maaike Nederend, Anneke H. Hellinga, Christianne S. Lammers, Gerco den Hartog, Martijn J.C. van Herwijnen, Johan Garssen, Léon M.J. Knippels, Lilly M. Verhagen, Caroline G.M. de Theije, Alejandro Lopez-Rincon, Jeanette H.W. Leusen, Belinda Van't Land, Louis Bont,
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022, vol. 22

Fellowships & Awards

2020: Jeffrey Modell Foundation C.H.I.L.D.R.E.N! Research Program grant

2019: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Foundation

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

2018: De rol van darmbacteriën in immuunglobuline A deficiëntie in jonge kinderen

2018: Kiddy Goodpills – No child deserves bad medicine – grant for project ‘Antibiotic prophylaxis in children with recurrent respiratory tract infections: microbiome and host immunology

2018: Seqirus-ESPID fellowship for project ‘Mucosal IgA profiling in paediatric influenza’

2018: Childhealth Boost grant

2017: Research grant ‘Gijsbersstichting’ for research on the use of e-health to monitor clinical symptoms in children with antibody deficiencies.

2016: ESPID travel grant. Travel grant for ESPID Meeting in Brighton, UK.

2016: ESPID small grant for pilot study 'Respiratory viruses in children with recurrent respiratory tract infections'.

2015: Fast track scholarship for MSc Epidemiology Postgraduate Online.

2015: Christine Bader Foundation grant for research on microbiome studies in IgA deficient children.

2015: Dutch Society of Paediatrics (NVK) Section Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Immunity Grant for research on microbiome studies in IgA deficient children.

2015: Wilhelmina Children's Hospital Research fund grant for study 'Respiratory and intestinal microbiome in IgA deficient children'

2015: Fellowship clinical research talent UMC Utrecht for study 'Respiratory and intestinal microbiome in IgA deficient children'

2015: Dutch Society of Medical Microbiology (NVMM) and Royal Dutch Society of Microbiology (KNVM) Westerdijk Award.

2015: ESPID prize for best presentation at the Walter Marget clinically oriented educational workshop.

2014: Grant of the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation for thesis on tuberculosis in paediatric risk groups

2014: ESPID small grant for pilot study 'Respiratory microbiome in indigenous Venezuelan'.

2013: N4i international travel grant. Travel grant for Conference of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in France.

2013: First price NVK (Dutch Society of Paediatrics) Young Investigators Award.

2013: 'Rapporteurs' award for reviewed abstract exemplifying innovation, new science or implementation at the Conference International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

2012: ISPPD travel grant. Travel grant for ISPPD-8 Symposium in Brazil.

2009: Grant Verenigde Spaarbanken (VSB) Fonds. Grant for the elaboration of a research project on paediatric tuberculosis in Warao Amerindians in Venezuela.

2008: ‘Budget Internationalisering’ Radboud University Nijmegen. Travel grant for Conference International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in France.

2002: Van Melsen Young Scientists Award, Radboud University Nijmegen, for research project ‘Vitamin C as a preventive treatment against cystitis’