Helen Y Chu
Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
Adjunct Professor, Global Health
Term Professorship, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
Education
MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2012
MD Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2005
BA Cornell University, 2001
Research Areas
Research Interests
Dr. Chu's research is focused on maternal immunization, in particular vaccines against influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). She studies the virologic and immunologic correlates of protection from respiratory viral infections in pregnant women, infants, and older adults, and performs clinical trials of vaccine candidates in both domestic and international sites, including Nepal and Bangladesh. She has developed immunologic assays to study transplacental transfer and decay kinetics of RSV antibody, and nosocomial and household transmission of respiratory viruses by genotypic analysis and molecular sequencing.
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2024 Aug)
AJPM Focus 3(4): 100248
Chung E, Wang Y, Chow EJ, Emanuels A, Heimonen J, Ogokeh CE, Rolfes MA, Hughes JP, Uyeki TM, Starita LM, Hoag S, Boeckh M, Englund JA, Chu HY, Seattle Flu Study Investigators
(2024 Jul 16)
Cell Host Microbe
Welsh FC, Eguia RT, Lee JM, Haddox HK, Galloway J, Van Vinh Chau N, Loes AN, Huddleston J, Yu TC, Quynh Le M, Nhat NTD, Thi Le Thanh N, Greninger AL, Chu HY, Englund JA, Bedford T, Matsen FA 4th, Boni MF, Bloom JD
(2024 Jul)
Nature 631(8021): 617-626
Dadonaite B, Brown J, McMahon TE, Farrell AG, Figgins MD, Asarnow D, Stewart C, Lee J, Logue J, Bedford T, Murrell B, Chu HY, Veesler D, Bloom JD
(2024 Jun 7)
Clin Microbiol Infect
Wang Q, Liu N, Wang Y, Ruckwardt TJ, Xu M, Wu J, Zhang J, Tong X, Zhou J, Lin J, Liang Y, Yang J, Yi L, Chu HY, Yu H
(2024 Jun 4)
BMJ Open 14(6): e081837
Bennett JC, O'Hanlon J, Acker Z, Han PD, McDonald D, Wright T, Luiten KG, Regelbrugge L, McCaffrey KM, Pfau B, Wolf CR, Gottlieb GS, Hughes JP, Carone M, Starita LM, Chu HY, Weil AA
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In the News
ABC News, 05/11/2022
The Seattle Times, 05/24/2021
National Geographic, 01/15/2021
KIRO Radio, 01/08/2021
Science Magazine, 11/04/2020
KNKX, 09/28/2020
NBC News, 09/25/2020
The Seattle Times, 09/15/2020