prof. dr. A.C. Knulst Full Professor
- Dermatology and Allergology
Contact
aknulst@umcutrecht.nl
Research Programs
Biography
Prof. dr. André C. Knulst is dermatologist and immunologist at the Department of Dermatology/Allergology of the UMC Utrecht. He heads the outpatient department of Allergology and has a longstanding experience in diagnosis and treatment of patients with allergies, urticaria and angio-edema, with a particular interest in food allergy, urticaria and angio-edema. The Dept. of Dermatology/Allergology is a centre of expertise for eczema, food allergy and urticaria/angio-edema. Prof. Knulst is involved in the training of dermatologists, otolaryngologists, pediatric allergists, and clinical immunologists/internist-allergologists.
He also heads the allergy research. Within the UMC Utrecht there is a close collaboration with the department of Children’s Pulmonology and Allergology and the Center of Translational Immunology of the UMC Utrecht. His research focus is on patient profiling and improvement of food allergy diagnosis a.o. using component resolved diagnostics. He participated in many multicenter studies a.o. the EU sponsored SAFE, CREATE and Europrevall projects. Another research area of particular interest is the development of novel therapeutic options for food allergy. He was involved in the VIPES study on the efficacy and safety of epicutaneously administered peanut and the FAST study on the efficacy of subcutaneous immunotherapy using a hypoallergenic cod fish parvalbumin.
Side Activities
Member guideline committee immunotherapy
2018 → …Member programme committee Hub Future Food Utrecht
2016 → …Health council advice food allergy
2016 → 2017member ILSI Europe expert group ‘Prioritisation of allergenic foods with respect to public health relevance’
2015 → …chair guideline chronic urticaria
2014 → 2016vice chair guideline food provocations
2013 → 2016international advisory board chronic urticaria Novartis
2012 → …Advisory board immunotherapy ALK-ABELLO
2012 → …Giving lectures on allergic diseases for general practitioners, otolaryngologists (in training), pediatricians (in training), immunologist-allergologists (in training), dermatologists (in training), also on the European level
2000 →
Research Output (267)
Kansen Hannah M., Le Thuy My, Knulst André C., Gorissen Diana M.W., van der Ent Cornelis K., Meijer Yolanda, van Erp Francine C. 1 feb 2020, In: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 145 , p. 705-707.e7
Ehlers Anna M., Klinge Marco, Suer Waltraud, Weimann Yvonne, Knulst André C., Besa Frithjof, Le Thuy My, Otten Henny G. 1 nov 2019, In: Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 49 , p. 1512-1519 8 p.
Hofman Zonne L.M., Van West Nikki, Hack C. Erik, Knulst André C., Maas Coen, Röckmann Heike 12 jul 2019, In: Clinical and Translational Allergy. 9 5 p.
Lyons Sarah A., Burney Peter G.J., Ballmer-Weber Barbara K., Fernandez-Rivas Montserrat, Barreales L., Clausen Michael, Dubakiene Ruta, Fernandez-Perez Cristina, Fritsche Philipp, Jedrzejczak-Czechowicz Monika, Kowalski Marek L., Kralimarkova T., Kummeling I., Mustakov Tihomir B., Lebens Ans F.M., van Os-Medendorp Harmieke, Papadopoulos Nikolaos G., Popov Todor A., Sakellariou Alexandros, Welsing Paco M.J., Potts J., Mills E. N.Clare, van Ree Ronald, Knulst André C., Le Thuy My 1 jul 2019, In: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 7 , p. 1920-1928.e11
Kansen Hannah M., Le Thuy My, Meijer Yolanda, Uiterwaal Cuno S.P.M., Knulst André C., van der Ent Cornelis K., van Erp Francine C. 1 jul 2019, In: Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 49 , p. 980-989 10 p.
Biedermann T., Winther L., Till S. J., Panzner P., Knulst A., Valovirta E. 1 jul 2019, In: Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 74 , p. 1237-1248 12 p.
Ehlers Anna M., Rossnagel Madlen, Brix Bettina, Blankestijn Mark A., Le Thuy My, Suer Waltraud, Otten Henny G., Knulst André C. 28 jun 2019, In: Clinical and Translational Allergy. 9
van Erp Francine C., Le T. M., Kansen H. M., Meijer Y., van der Ent C. K., Knol E. F., Knulst A. C. 1 apr 2019, In: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Dermatologie en Venereologie. 29 , p. 57-59 3 p.
Blankestijn Mark A., Le T. M., Michelsen-Huisman A. D., van Dijk A. M., Knulst A. C. 1 apr 2019, In: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Dermatologie en Venereologie. 29 , p. 63-65 3 p.
van Seggelen Wouter O., Knulst A. C., Sigurdsson V., Röckmann H. 1 apr 2019, In: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Dermatologie en Venereologie. 29 , p. 49-51 3 p.