D. Gray Heppner

10.3k citations
76 papers · 5.7k · 2 hit papers · h-index 40

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Co-authors
Kent E. Kester (26 shared papers)Joe Cohen (21 shared papers)Urszula Krzych (12 shared papers)W. Ripley Ballou (13 shared papers)José A. Stoute (5 shared papers)Nathalie Garçon (5 shared papers)Daniel M. Gordon (9 shared papers)M. Slaoui (2 shared papers)
Journals
Vaccine (13 papers)The Journal of Infectious Diseases (9 papers)American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (8 papers)Infection and Immunity (6 papers)PLoS ONE (5 papers)
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United StatesThailandBelgium

In The Last Decade

D. Gray Heppner

76 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Protection of Humans against Malaria by Immunization with Radiation‐AttenuatedPlasmodium falciparumSporozoites 2002 · 526 citations
5260+9+19Years since publication200400600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

  • it has ≥500 total citations;
  • it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
  • it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.
  1. 2002 The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  2. 1997 New England Journal of Medicine

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D. Gray Heppner
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  • Virology 674
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3.8k
  • Parasitology 624
  • Immunology 1.8k
  • Infectious Diseases 834
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A Preliminary Evaluation of a Recombinant Circumsporozoite Protein Vaccine againstPlasmodium falciparumMalaria
New England Journal of Medicine ·José A. Stoute, M. Slaoui, D. Gray Heppner, P. Momin, Kent E. Kester, Pierre Desmons, B. T. Wellde, Nathalie Garçon, Urszula Krzych, Martine Marchand, W. Ripley Ballou, Joe Cohen
Hit paper breakdown →		1997652
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Protection of Humans against Malaria by Immunization with Radiation‐AttenuatedPlasmodium falciparumSporozoites
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Stephen L. Hoffman, Lucy M. L. Goh, Thomas Luke, Imogene Schneider, Thong P. Le, Denise L. Doolan, John B. Sacci, Patricia De La Vega, Megan Dowler, Chris Paul, Daniel M. Gordon, José A. Stoute, L. W. Preston Church, Martha Sedegah, D. Gray Heppner, W. Ripley Ballou, Thomas L. Richie
Hit paper breakdown →		2002526
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Randomized, Double‐Blind, Phase 2a Trial of Falciparum Malaria Vaccines RTS,S/AS01B and RTS,S/AS02A in Malaria‐Naive Adults: Safety, Efficacy, and Immunologic Associates of Protection
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Kent E. Kester, James F. Cummings, Opokua Ofori‐Anyinam, Christian F. Ockenhouse, Urszula Krzych, Philippe Moris, Robert Schwenk, Robin A. Nielsen, Zufan Debebe, Evgeny Pinelis, Laure Juompan, Jack Williams, Megan Dowler, V. Ann Stewart, Robert A. Wirtz, Marie‐Claude Dubois, Marc Lievens, Joe Cohen, W. Ripley Ballou, D. Gray Heppner, (unknown)
2009369
4
Safety, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy of a Recombinantly Produced Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein-Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Subunit Vaccine
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Daniel M. Gordon, Thomas W. McGovern, Urszula Krzych, Joe Cohen, Imogene Schneider, R. LaChance, D. Gray Heppner, Yuan Gao, Michael R. Hollingdale, M. Slaoui, Philippe M. Hauser, Pierre Voet, Jerald Sadoff, W R Ballou
1995235
5
Malaria Blood Stage Parasites Activate Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells and Murine Dendritic Cells through a Toll-Like Receptor 9-Dependent Pathway
The Journal of Immunology ·Sathit Pichyangkul, Kosol Yongvanitchit, Utaiwan Kum-Arb, Hiroaki Hemmi, Shizuo Akira, Arthur Μ. Krieg, D. Gray Heppner, V. Ann Stewart, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Sornchai Looareesuwan, G. Dennis Shanks, R. Scott Miller
2004218
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Efficacy of Recombinant Circumsporozoite Protein Vaccine Regimens against ExperimentalPlasmodium falciparumMalaria
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Kent E. Kester, Denise McKinney, Nadia Tornieporth, Christian F. Ockenhouse, D. Gray Heppner, Ted Hall, Urszula Krzych, Martine Delchambre, Gérald Voss, Megan Dowler, Jolie Palensky, Janet Wittes, Joe Cohen, W. Ripley Ballou, (unknown)
2001199
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Protective Immunity Induced with Malaria Vaccine, RTS,S, Is Linked to Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein-Specific CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells Producing IFN-γ
The Journal of Immunology ·Peifang Sun, Robert Schwenk, Katherine White, José A. Stoute, Joe Cohen, W. Ripley Ballou, Gérald Voss, Kent E. Kester, D. Gray Heppner, Urszula Krzych
2003183
8
Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial drug susceptibility on the north-western border of Thailand during five years of extensive use of artesunate-mefloquine
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·A Brockman, Ric N. Price, M. van Vugt, D. Gray Heppner, Douglas S. Walsh, P Sookto, T Wimonwattrawatee, S. Looareesuwan, Nicholas J. White, François Nosten
2000153
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Randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial of SPf66 malaria vaccine in children in northwestern Thailand
The Lancet ·François Nosten, Christine Luxemburger, Dennis E. Kyle, W. Ripley Ballou, Janet Wittes, Eh Wah, T Chongsuphajaisiddhi, Daniel M. Gordon, Nicholas J. White, Jerald Sadoff, D. Gray Heppner
1996130
10
Safety and immunogenicity of single-dose live oral cholera vaccine CVD 103-HgR in 5-9-year-old Indonesian children
The Lancet ·Suharyono Suharyono, C. H. Simanjuntak, H. Totosudirjo, N D Witham, Narain H. Punjabi, D H Burr, K Graae Sørenson, D. Gray Heppner, G Losonsky, John D. Clemens, Y. L. Lim, Steven S. Wasserman, James B. Kaper, Myron M. Levine, A. R. Rifai, Stanley J. Cryz
1992122
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UPDATE ON THE CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CANDIDATE MALARIA VACCINES
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·W. Ripley Ballou, Myriam Arévalo‐Herrera, Daniel J. Carucci, Thomas L. Richie, Giampietro Corradin, Carter L. Diggs, Pierre Druilhe, Birgitte Giersing, Allan Saul, D. Gray Heppner, Kent E. Kester, David E. Lanar, Jeff Lyon, Adrian V. S. Hill, Weiqing Pan, Joe Cohen
2004104
12
Common and Divergent Immune Response Signaling Pathways Discovered in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Gene Expression Patterns in Presymptomatic and Clinically Apparent Malaria
Infection and Immunity ·Christian F. Ockenhouse, Wan‐Chung Hu, Kent E. Kester, James F. Cummings, Ann Stewart, D. Gray Heppner, Anne Jedlicka, Alan L. Scott, Nathan Wolfe, Maryanne Vahey, Donald S. Burke
2006104
13
Salmonella typhi Vaccine Strain CVD 908 Expressing the Circumsporozoite Protein of Plasmodium falciparum: Strain Construction and Safety and Immunogenicity in Humans
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·César González-Bonilla, David M. Hone, Fernando Noriega, Carol O. Tacket, Jonathan R. Davis, G Losonsky, James P. Nataro, S L Hoffman, A K Malik, Elizabeth Nardin, Marcelo B. Sztein, D. Gray Heppner, Timothy Fouts, Armando Isibasi, Myron M. Levine
1994103
14
Phase 2a trial of 0, 1, and 3 month and 0, 7, and 28 day immunization schedules of malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS02 in malaria-naïve adults at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Vaccine ·Kent E. Kester, James F. Cummings, Christian F. Ockenhouse, Robin Nielsen, B. Ted Hall, Daniel M. Gordon, Robert Schwenk, Urszula Krzych, Carolyn A. Holland, Gregory Richmond, Megan Dowler, Jackie Williams, Robert A. Wirtz, Nadia Tornieporth, Laurence Vigneron, Martine Delchambre, Marie‐Ange Demoitié, W. Ripley Ballou, Joe Cohen, D. Gray Heppner
200899
15
Evaluation of RTS,S/AS02A and RTS,S/AS01B in Adults in a High Malaria Transmission Area
PLoS ONE ·Mark E. Polhemus, Shon Remich, Bernhards Ogutu, John Waitumbi, Lucas Otieno, Stella Apollo, James F. Cummings, Kent E. Kester, Christian F. Ockenhouse, Ann Stewart, Opokua Ofori‐Anyinam, Isabelle Ramboer, Conor P. Cahill, Marc Lievens, Marie‐Claude Dubois, Marie‐Ange Demoitié, Amanda Leach, Joe Cohen, W. Ripley Ballou, D. Gray Heppner
200994
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Purification, Characterization, and Immunogenicity of the Refolded Ectodomain of the Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Expressed in Escherichia coli
Infection and Immunity ·Sheetij Dutta, P.V. Lalitha, Lisa A. Ware, Arnoldo Barbosa, J. Kathleen Moch, Meredith A. Vassell, Bader B. Fileta, Svetlana Kitov, Nelly Kolodny, D. Gray Heppner, J. David Haynes, David E. Lanar
200288
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Development of RTS,S/AS02: a purified subunit-based malaria vaccine candidate formulated with a novel adjuvant
Expert Review of Vaccines ·Nathalie Garçon, D. Gray Heppner, Joe Cohen
200387
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Expression of Genes Associated with Immunoproteasome Processing of Major Histocompatibility Complex Peptides Is Indicative of Protection with Adjuvanted RTS,S Malaria Vaccine
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Maryanne Vahey, Zhining Wang, Kent E. Kester, James F. Cummings, D. Gray Heppner, Martin E. Nau, Opokua Ofori‐Anyinam, Joe Cohen, Thierry Coche, W. Ripley Ballou, Christian F. Ockenhouse
201084
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Randomized Trial of 3-Dose Regimens of Tafenoquine (WR238605) versus Low-Dose Primaquine for Preventing Plasmodium vivax Malaria Relapse
Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Douglas S. Walsh, Polrat Wilairatana, D. B. Tang, D. Gray Heppner, Thomas G. Brewer, S. Krudsood, Udomsak Silachamroon, Weerapong Phumratanaprapin, Duangsuda Siriyanonda, Sornchai Looareesuwan
200481
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Randomized Dose‐Ranging Study of the Safety and Efficacy of WR 238605 (Tafenoquine) in the Prevention of Relapse ofPlasmodium vivaxMalaria in Thailand
The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Douglas S. Walsh, S Looareesuwan, Polrat Wilairatana, D. Gray Heppner, Douglas B. Tang, Thomas G. Brewer, Watcharee Chokejindachai, Parnpen Viriyavejakul, Dennis E. Kyle, Wilbur K. Milhous, Brian G. Schuster, John Horton, David J. Braitman, Ralf P. Brueckner
199978

About D. Gray Heppner

D. Gray Heppner is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, having authored 76 papers that have together received 5.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Malaria Research and Control (58 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (34 papers), vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (17 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (12 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (9 papers), Complement system in diseases (9 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (8 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Virology (674 citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (3.8k citations), Parasitology (624 citations), Immunology (1.8k citations) and Infectious Diseases (834 citations). D. Gray Heppner has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Thailand and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Kent E. Kester, Joe Cohen, Urszula Krzych, W. Ripley Ballou, José A. Stoute, Nathalie Garçon, Daniel M. Gordon, M. Slaoui, Christian F. Ockenhouse and Megan Dowler. Their work appears in journals such as Vaccine, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Infection and Immunity and PLoS ONE.

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