Associate Professor Sophie Yacoub

Head of Dengue Group

Assoc. Prof. Sophie Yacoub, BM, MRCP, PhD, MSc, DTM&H is currently leading a large translational programme of dengue research, focusing on pathogenesis studies, precision medicine clinical trials and innovative technology centred on wearable devices, physiological monitoring and utilizing AI for medical imaging and clinical decision support systems.

In addition, Sophie is a Wellcome Clinical Career Development Fellow and a Physician in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine and holds an honorary consultant appointment at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust in the UK.

She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians in London. Her work has been supported by grants from Wellcome, NMRC Singapore, WHO, the British Heart Foundation and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine.

Under hear leadership, dengue group is also investigating the impact of climate change and global heating on dengue and other climate-sensitive diseases in Southeast Asia through the integration of novel digital technologies, remote patient monitors, mHealth initiatives and AI methodologies. The overall aim of the group is to improve dengue clinical outcomes in Viet Nam and globally.

PhD

Imperial College London, UK

MSc.

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

Publications

Hill V, Cleemput S, Pereira JS, Gifford RJ, Fonseca V, Tegally H, Brito AF, Ribeiro G, de Souza VC, Brcko IC, Ribeiro IS, De Lima ITT, Slavov SN, Sampaio SC, Elias MC, Tran VT, Kien DTH, Huynh T, Yacoub S, Dieng I, Salvato R, Wallau GL, Gregianini TS, Godinho FMS, Vogels CBF, Breban MI, Leguia M, Jagtap S, Roy R, Hapuarachchi C, Mwanyika G, Giovanetti M, Alcantara LCJ, Faria NR, Carrington CVF, Hanley KA, Holmes EC, Dumon W, Lima ARJ, Oliveira T, Grubaugh ND

PLoS Biol

September 16, 2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002834

Nguyen Lam Vuong, Nguyen Than Ha Quyen, Nguyen Thi Hanh Tien, Kien Duong Thi Hue, Huynh Thi Le Duyen, Phung Khanh Lam, Dong Thi Hoai Tam, Tran Van Ngoc, Thomas Jaenisch, Cameron P Simmons, Sophie Yacoub, Bridget A Wills, Ronald Geskus

Elife

June 21, 2024

DOI: 10.7554/eLife.92606

Adam D Wegman, Shirin Kalimuddin, Ernesto T A Marques, Laura E Adams, Alan L Rothman, Gregory D Gromowski, Taia T Wang, Daniela Weiskopf, Martin L Hibberd, T Alex Perkins, Rebecca C Christofferson, Bhagwat Gunale, Prasad S Kulkarni, Angel Rosas, Louis Macareo, Sophie Yacoub, Eng Eong Ooi, Gabriela Paz-Bailey, Stephen J Thomas, Adam T Waickman

Vaccine

June 17, 2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.06.038

Ho Quang Chanh, Huynh Trung Trieu, Hung Tran Kim, Vuong Huynh Ngoc Thien, Vu Ngo Thanh Huyen, Alexandra Moncada, Kieu Thanh Nguyen Thi, Huynh Thi Le Duyen, Ngan Nguyen-Lyle, Nguyen Lam Vuong, Phung Khanh Lam, Angela McBride, Tu Qui Phan, Tam Dong Thi Hoai, Bridget Wills, Sophie

Oxf Open Immunol

June 3, 2024

DOI: 10.1093/oxfimm/iqae005

Stefan Karolcik, Vasileos Manginas, Ho Quang Chanh, John Daniels, Nguyen Thi Giang, Vu Ngo Thanh Huyen, Minh Tu Van Hoang, Khanh Phan Nguyen Quoc, Bernard Hernandez, Damien K Ming, Hao Nguyen Van, Tu Qui Phan, Huynh Trung Trieu, Tai Luong Thi Hue, Alison H Holmes, Louise Thwaites, Tho Phan Vinh, Sophie Yacoub, Pantelis Georgiou; Vietnam ICU Translational Applications Laboratory (VITAL) Investig

EBioMedicine

May 29, 2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105164