Rachel Higgins
Rachel Higgins
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Senior Research Assistant
Research area
Infection, Immunity and Global Health
Group
Vaccine Immunology
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Rachel Higgins is a Senior Research Assistant in the Vaccine Immunology Group. Her research primarily focuses on pneumococcal reduced vaccine schedules to improve affordability and vaccine uptake in low to middle-income countries. Rachel specialises in Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) as well as Opsonophagocytosis assays (OPA). She has been involved in several pneumococcal vaccine clinical trials as well as SARS-CoV-2 research.
Rachel Higgins is a Senior Research Assistant in the Vaccine Immunology Group. Her research primarily focuses on pneumococcal reduced vaccine schedules to improve affordability and vaccine uptake in low to middle-income countries. Rachel specialises...
Rachel Higgins is a Senior Research Assistant in the Vaccine Immunology Group. Her research primarily focuses on pneumococcal reduced vaccine schedules to improve affordability and vaccine uptake in low to middle-income countries. Rachel specialises in Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) as well as Opsonophagocytosis assays (OPA). She has been involved in several pneumococcal vaccine clinical trials as well as SARS-CoV-2 research.
Top Publications
- Hoe, E, Boelsen, LK, Toh, ZQ, Sun, GW, Koo, GC, Balloch, A, Marimla, R, Dunne, EM, Tikoduadua, L, Russell, FM, et al. Reduced IL-17A Secretion Is Associated with High Levels of Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Fijian Children. PLOS ONE 10(6) : e0129199 2024 view publication
- Hoe, E, Nathanielsz, J, Toh, ZQ, Spry, L, Marimla, R, Balloch, A, Mulholland, K, Licciardi, PV. Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Vitamin D on Human Immune Cells in the Context of Bacterial Infection. Nutrients 8(12) : 806 2024 view publication
- Higgins, RA, Temple, B, Dai, VTT, Phan, TV, Toan, NT, Spry, L, Toh, ZQ, Nation, ML, Ortika, BD, Uyen, DY, et al. IMMUNOGENICITY AND IMPACT ON NASOPHARYNGEAL CARRIAGE OF A SINGLE DOSE OF PCV10 GIVEN TO VIETNAMESE CHILDREN AT 18 MONTHS OF AGE. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific 16: 100273 2021 view publication
- Licciardi, PV, Temple, B, Dai, VTT, Toan, NT, Uyen, D, Nguyen, CD, Phan, TV, Bright, K, Marimla, RA, Balloch, A, et al. Immunogenicity of alternative ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedules in infants in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: results from a single-blind, parallel-group, open-label, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 21(10) : 1415 -1428 2021 view publication
- Temple, B, Toan, NT, Dai, VTT, Bright, K, Licciardi, PV, Marimla, RA, Nguyen, CD, Uyen, DY, Balloch, A, Huu, TN, et al. Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of ten-valent versus 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines among infants in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 19(5) : 497 -509 2019 view publication
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