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Biography
Professor Valérie Verhasselt has been holding the Larsson-Rosenquist Chair in Human Lactology at the University of Western Australia, School of Molecular Science, since August 2017. Her translational research is aimed at understanding how maternal milk impacts on immune development, education and long term homeostasis. A major objective guiding her work is the identification of factors which could endow breastfeeding with the capacity to prevent allergic and metabolic disease as potently as it does for infectious disease.
Valérie Verhasselt trained at the University of Medicine of Brussels (ULB, Belgium) where she obtained the diploma of Medical Doctor (1992), Specialist in Internal Medicine (2000) and a PhD in Immunology (1999). In 2004, she moved to France (Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis) and developed the concept of breastfeeding induced tolerance for prevention of allergy. She obtained a tenured researcher position at INSERM in 2008 and created Immune Tolerance team in 2012 in Nice (France). In 2017, she was granted the first Chair in Human Lactology at UWA. Her research has been published in prestigious reviews such as Nature Medicine, Gut, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Lancet Infectious Disease. The French Académie Nationale de Médecine (2012) and Académie des Sciences (2008) have acknowledged her major contribution in the field of prevention of allergy through maternal milk.
Valérie Verhasselt trained at the University of Medicine of Brussels (ULB, Belgium) where she obtained the diploma of Medical Doctor (1992), Specialist in Internal Medicine (2000) and a PhD in Immunology (1999). In 2004, she moved to France (Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis) and developed the concept of breastfeeding induced tolerance for prevention of allergy. She obtained a tenured researcher position at INSERM in 2008 and created Immune Tolerance team in 2012 in Nice (France). In 2017, she was granted the first Chair in Human Lactology at UWA. Her research has been published in prestigious reviews such as Nature Medicine, Gut, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Lancet Infectious Disease. The French Académie Nationale de Médecine (2012) and Académie des Sciences (2008) have acknowledged her major contribution in the field of prevention of allergy through maternal milk.
Roles and responsibilities
Chair in Human Lactology, dedicated to promote research aimed at understanding how the physiological food for mammals impacts on immune development and long term health
Funding overview
Larsson Rosenquist donation
Previous positions
Tenured reasearcher at INSERM, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France
Industrial relevance
maternald and/or infant nutrional approach for a long term better health
Research
1. Identification of protective and risk factors that are specific to early life period for allergic disease prevention
2. Impact of colostrum on early post-natal and adult metabolic and immune homeostasis
2. Impact of colostrum on early post-natal and adult metabolic and immune homeostasis
Languages
French (mother tongue)
English
Spanish
Dutch
English
Spanish
Dutch
Keywords
- Health
- breatsfeeding
- neonatal development
- immune tolerance
- allergy
- growth
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Research Output 1994 2018
The neonatal window of opportunity-early priming for life
Renz, H., Adkins, B. D., Bartfeld, S., Blumberg, R. S., Farber, D. L., Garssen, J., Ghazal, P., Hackam, D. J., Marsland, B. J., McCoy, K. D., Penders, J., Prinz, I., Verhasselt, V., von Mutius, E., Weiser, J. N., Wesemann, D. R. & Hornef, M. W., Apr 2018, In : Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 141, 4, p. 1212-1214Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Early oral exposure to house dust mite allergen through breast milk: A potential risk factor for allergic sensitization and respiratory allergies in children
EDEN Mother-Child Cohort Study Group, 1 Jan 2017, In : Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 139, 1, p. 369-372.e10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Long-term reduction in food allergy susceptibility in mice by combining breastfeeding-induced tolerance and TGF-β-enriched formula after weaning
Rekima, A., Macchiaverni, P., Turfkruyer, M., Holvoet, S., Dupuis, L., Baiz, N., Annesi-Maesano, I., Mercenier, A., Nutten, S. & Verhasselt, V., 1 Apr 2017, In : Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 47, 4, p. 565-576 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Food Hypersensitivity
Ovalbumin
Weaning
Breast Feeding
Transforming Growth Factor beta
Maternal immunisation: collaborating with mother nature
Marchant, A., Sadarangani, M., Garand, M., Dauby, N., Verhasselt, V., Pereira, L., Bjornson, G., Jones, C. E., Halperin, S. A., Edwards, K. M., Heath, P., Openshaw, P. J., Scheifele, D. W. & Kollmann, T. R., Jul 2017, In : The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 17, 7, p. e197–e208 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Immunization
Mothers
Streptococcus agalactiae
Whooping Cough
Human Influenza
Allergy prevention by breastfeeding: Possible mechanisms and evidence from human cohorts
Munblit, D. & Verhasselt, V., 2016, In : Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 16, 5, p. 427-433 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Breast Feeding
Hypersensitivity
Human Milk
Mothers
Microbiota
Prizes
Prix de l'Academie des Sciences, Les grandes avancees en Biologie, France
Valerie Verhasselt (Recipient), 2008
Prize/award: Prize
Prix de l'Academie Nationale de Medecine, France
Valerie Verhasselt (Recipient), 2012
Prize/award: Prize