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

Tran Bang Huyen; Huynh Trung Trieu; Nguyen Lam Vuong; Nguyen Minh Nguyet; Dong Thi Hoai Tam; Angela McBride; Nguyen Thi My Linh; Dang Trong Thuan; Nguyen Thanh Phong; Truong Ngoc Trung; Nguyen Thi Cam Huong; Tran Thi Dong Vien; Huynh Thi Le Duyen; Vo Thi My Hoa; James Watson; Ronald Geskus; Phan Vinh Tho; Evelyne Kestelyn; Phan Tu Qui; Sophie Yacoub.

Wellcome Open Res

November 23, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21017.1

Damien Keng Ming, John Daniels, Ho Quang Chanh, Stefan Karolcik, Bernard Hernandez, Vasileios Manginas, Van Hao Nguyen, Quang Huy Nguyen, Tu Qui Phan, Thi Hue Tai Luong, Huynh Trung Trieu, Alison Helen Holmes, Vinh Tho Phan, Pantelis Georgiou, Sophie Yacoub; VITAL consortium

NPJ Digit Med

November 2, 2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41746-024-01304-4

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