Research Output per year
Personal profile
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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Human Milk
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Mothers
Medicine & Life Sciences
Hypersensitivity
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Immune System
Medicine & Life Sciences
Milk
Medicine & Life Sciences
Allergens
Medicine & Life Sciences
Network
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Research Output 1994 2019
Early-Life Nutrition and Gut Immune Development
van den Elsen, L. W. J., Rekima, A. & Verhasselt, V., 1 Jan 2019, In : Nestle Nutrition Institute workshop series. 90, p. 137-149 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
proctolin
Immune System
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
digestive system
nutrition
Editorial: Human Milk Composition and Health Outcomes in Children
Munblit, D., Verhasselt, V. & Warner, J. O., 30 Jul 2019, In : Frontiers in Pediatrics. 7, 3 p., 319.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Reply
Macchiaverni, P., Baiz, N., Rekima, A., Annesi-Maesano, I. & Verhasselt, V., Feb 2019, In : The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 143, 2, p. 808-809 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
Saccharomyces boulardii Strain CNCM I-745 Modifies the Mononuclear Phagocytes Response in the Small Intestine of Mice Following Salmonella Typhimurium Infection
Ibanez, L., Pontier-Bres, R., Larbret, F., Rekima, A., Verhasselt, V., Blin-Wakkach, C. & Czerucka, D., 2 Apr 2019, In : Frontiers in Immunology. 10, 11 p., 643.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Shaping the Gut Microbiota by Breastfeeding: The Gateway to Allergy Prevention?
van den Elsen, L. W. J., Garssen, J., Burcelin, R. & Verhasselt, V., 27 Feb 2019, In : Frontiers in Pediatrics. 7, 47.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Open Access
Breast Feeding
Hypersensitivity
Milk
Secretory Immunoglobulin A
Microbiota
Projects 2019 2019
- 1 Active
Circadian rhythm: together we tick
Blache, D., Maloney, S., Eastwood, P., Bucks, R., Walsh, J., Pillow, J., Cense, B., Walker, D. & Verhasselt, V.
University of Western Australia
1/01/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Prizes
Prix de l'Academie des Sciences, Les grandes avancees en Biologie, France
Valerie Verhasselt (Recipient), 2008
Prize