Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Biology, Hygiene hypothesis, Immunology, Inflammation, Context (archaeology), and Disease.
Microbial exposures that establish immunoregulation are compatible with targeted hygiene
The impact of human activities and lifestyles on the interlinked microbiota and health of humans and of ecosystems
Evolution, human-microbe interactions, and life history plasticity
Time to abandon the hygiene hypothesis: new perspectives on allergic disease, the human microbiome, infectious disease prevention and the role of targeted hygiene
Immunization with a heat-killed preparation of the environmental bacterium <i>Mycobacterium vaccae</i> promotes stress resilience in mice
The Microbiota, Immunoregulation, and Mental Health: Implications for Public Health
Current concepts in chronic inflammatory diseases: Interactions between microbes, cellular metabolism, and inflammation
Helsinki alert of biodiversity and health
Microbial ‘old friends’, immunoregulation and socioeconomic status
Microbiota, Immunoregulatory Old Friends and Psychiatric Disorders
Hygiene and other early childhood influences on the subsequent function of the immune system
Microbial ‘Old Friends’, immunoregulation and stress resilience
Regulation of inflammation by interleukin-4: a review of “alternatives”
Childhood microbial experience, immunoregulation, inflammation and adult susceptibility to psychosocial stressors and depression in rich and poor countries
Can we vaccinate against depression?