Dr Ștefan Dascălu |
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Dr Ștefan Dascălu |
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Dr Ștefan Dascălu Postdoctoral Researcher in Immunology (Associate)
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Dr Stefan Dascalu is a Romanian-born researcher with interests in immunology, public health, and infectious diseases. Stefan has earned significant recognition for his contributions to public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, he was awarded the Knighthood of the Order of Cultural Merit by the President of Romania for his efforts in addressing vaccine hesitancy and public health communication.
Additionally, Stefan received several awards for his work on enaging religious communities for public health initiatives. His academic achievments have also been recognized by the UKRI and Oxford which awarded him the Social Impact Award for his pandemic-related work.?
Dr Dascalu's research interests concern pathogen-host interactions, autoimmune diseases and the development of pathological processes in animals and humans. An important topic of his reasearch is understanding the adaptive immune response and the factors that shape its enormous diversity.
Aside from his academic interests, Stefan Dascalu is involved in activities aimed at promoting science and scientific understanding back in Romania. Stefan also collaborates with Romanian NGOs that focus on decreasing the burden of infectious diseases through informing the public about vaccination and other prevention and control methods.
*for a full list of publications, see Stefan Dascalu's Google Scholar profile.
Dascalu S*, Geambasu O, Raiu CV, Azoicai D, Popovici ED, Apetrei C*. COVID-19 in Romania: What Went Wrong? Front Public Heal (2021) 9:813941. 10.3389/fpubh.2021.813941
Dascalu S*, Flammer PG, Ghafari M, Henson SC, Nascimento R, Bonsall MB*. Engaging religious institutions and faith-based communities in public health initiatives: A case study of the Romanian Orthodox Church during the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Public Heal (2021) 9:768091. 10.3389/fpubh.2021.768091
Dixon R, Preston SG, Dascalu S, Flammer PG, Fiddaman SR, McLoughlin K, Boyd A, Volf J, Rychlik I, Bonsall MB, Kaspers B, Smith AL*. Repertoire analysis of γδ T cells in the chicken enables functional annotation of the genomic region revealing highly variable pan-tissue TCR gamma V gene usage as well as identifying public and private repertoires. BMC Genomics (2021) 22:719. 10.1186/s12864-021-08036-9
Ghafari M*, Hejazi B, Karshenas A, Dascalu S , Kadivar A, Khosravi MA, Abbasalipour M, Heydari M, Zeinali S, Ferretti L, Ledda A, Katzourakis A*. Lessons for preparedness and reasons for concern from the early COVID-19 epidemic in Iran. Epidemics (2021) 36:100472. 10.1016/j.epidem.2021.100472
Dascalu S*, Geambasu O, Covaciu O, Chereches RM, Diaconu G, Dumitra GG, Gheroghita V, Popovici ED. Prospects of COVID-19 Vaccination in Romania: Challenges and Potential Solutions. Front Public Heal (2021) 9:644538. 10.3389/fpubh.2021.644538
Dascalu S. The Successes and Failures of the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Romania. Front Public Heal (2020) 8:344. 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00344
Dascalu S. Measles Epidemics in Romania: Lessons for Public Health and Future Policy. Front Public Heal (2019) 7:98. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2019.00098
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