Helen Y. Chu, MD, MPH | Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Faculty Information

Biography

Dr. Chu earned her bachelor's degree from Cornell University and her M.D. from Duke University. She completed her internal medicine training at Harvard University and her infectious disease fellowship training and M.P.H. at the University of Washington.

Education & Training:

Duke University

Durham, NC

2005

MPH, Immunology

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

2012

Intern, Department of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

2005-2006

Resident, Department of Medicine

Harvard University

Boston, MA

2006-2008

Fellow, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

2009-2013

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa

U.S. Department of State Fulbright Scholar

International AIDS Society Medical Student Scholarship

Infectious Disease Society of America Young Investigator Award in Vaccine Development

Contact

Email:

helenchu@u.washington.edu

Mailing Address:

Box 359779

R&T Bldg, 300 9th Ave

Seattle, WA 98104

Research & Clinical Interests

Research Interests:

Dr. Chu's research is focused on maternal vaccines, in particular vaccines against influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). She studies the virologic and immunologic correlates of protection from respiratory viral infections in mothers and infants and performs clinical trials of vaccine candidates in both domestic and international sites, including Nepal and Bangladesh. She has developed virologic assays to study transplacental transfer and decay kinetics of RSV antibody, and nosocomial and household transmission of respiratory viruses as documented by genotypic analysis and molecular sequencing.

Publications

PubMed:

PubMed Bibliography

Publications:

Chu HY, Steinhoff MC, Magaret A, Zaman K, Roy E, Langdon G, Formica MA, Walsh EE, Englund JA. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transplacental Antibody Transfer and Kinetics In Mother-Infant Pairs in Bangladesh. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu316. PubMed PMID: 24903663.
• PubMed Abstract

Chu HY, Englund JA. Maternal Immunization. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2014. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu327. PubMed PMID: 24799324.
• PubMed Abstract

Chu HY, Englund JA, Podczervinski S, Kuypers J, Campbell AP, Boeckh M, Pergam SA, Casper C. Nosocomial transmission of respiratory syncytial virus in an outpatient cancer center. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation. 2014;20(6):844-51. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.02.024. PubMed PMID: 24607551; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4036533
• PubMed Abstract

Chu HY, Kuypers J, Renaud C, Wald A, Martin E, Fairchok M, Magaret A, Sarancino M, Englund JA. Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus transmission in childcare. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2013. Epub 2013/05/21. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.04.011. PubMed PMID: 23684816.
• PubMed Abstract

Chu HY, Englund JA, Strelitz B, Lacombe K, Jones C, Follmer K, Martin EK, Bradford M, Qin X, Kuypers J, Klein EJ. Rhinovirus Disease in Children Seeking Care in a Tertiary Pediatric Emergency Department. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2014. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piu099.
• Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Chu HY, Renaud C, Ficken E, Thomson B, Kuypers J, Englund JA. Respiratory Tract Infections Due to Human Metapneumovirus in Immunocompromised Children. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2014. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piu100.
• Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

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