Dr Stephanie Hanna
PhD, FHEA
Research Fellow
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Diabetes Research And Wellness Foundation Research Fellow
My research focusses on the immunology of type 1 diabetes, using new bioinformatics approaches to analyse antigen specific responses in clinical trial samples. I am also interested in phenotypic analysis of T and B cells in people with type 1 diabetes and in people who have autoantibodies but do not progress to diabetes.
Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0821-4498
Web of Science ResearcherID: GYQ-7342-2022
Publication
2024
- Hanna, S. J. et al. 2024. The type 1 diabetes T cell receptor and B cell receptor repository in the AIRR Data Commons: a practical guide for access, use and contributions through the Type 1 Diabetes AIRR Consortium.. Diabetologia (10.1007/s00125-024-06298-y)
- Tatovic, D. et al. 2024. Ustekinumab for type 1 diabetes in adolescents: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized phase 2 trial. Nature Medicine 30, pp. 2657-2666. (10.1038/s41591-024-03115-2)
2023
- Taylor, P. et al. 2023. Factors predicting long-term outcome and the need for surgery in Graves orbitopathy: Extended follow-up from the CIRTED trial. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 108(10), pp. 2615-2625. (10.1210/clinem/dgad084)
- Hanna, S. J. et al. 2023. Single-cell RNAseq identifies clonally expanded antigen-specific T-cells following intradermal injection of gold nanoparticles loaded with diabetes autoantigen in humans. Frontiers in Immunology 14, article number: 1276255. (10.3389/fimmu.2023.1276255)
2022
- Boldison, J. et al. 2022. Activated but functionally impaired memory Tregs are expanded in slow progressors to type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia 65, article number: 343–355. (10.1007/s00125-021-05595-0)
2021
- Hanna, S. J., Tatovic, D., Thayer, T. C. and Dayan, C. M. 2021. Insights from single cell RNA sequencing Into the immunology of type 1 diabetes- cell phenotypes and antigen specificity. Frontiers in Immunology 12, article number: 751701. (10.3389/fimmu.2021.751701)
- Thayer, T. C., Davies, J., Pearson, J. A., Hanna, S. J., Wen, L. and Wong, F. S. 2021. Differentiating MHC-dependent and -independent mechanisms of lymph node stromal cell regulation of Proinsulin-specific CD8+ T-Cells in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 70(2), pp. 529-537., article number: db191050. (10.2337/db19-1050)
- Codd, A. S. et al. 2021. Neutrophilia, lymphopenia and myeloid dysfunction: A living review of the quantitative changes to innate and adaptive immune cells which define COVID-19 pathology. Oxford Open Immunology 2(1), article number: iqab016. (10.1093/oxfimm/iqab016)
- Hanna, S. J. et al. 2021. T cell phenotypes in COVID-19 - a living review. Oxford Open Immunology 2(1) (10.1093/oxfimm/iqaa007)
- Scourfield, D. O. et al. 2021. The role and uses of antibodies in COVID-19 infections: a living review. Oxford Open Immunology 2(1), article number: iqab003. (10.1093/oxfimm/iqab003)
2020
- Hanna, S. J. et al. 2020. Slow progressors to type 1 diabetes lose islet autoantibodies over time, have few islet antigen-specific CD8+ T cells and exhibit a distinct CD95hi B cell phenotype. Diabetologia 63, pp. 1174-1185., article number: Diabetologia volume 63, pages1174–1185(2020). (10.1007/s00125-020-05114-7)
- Arikat, F. et al. 2020. Targeting proinsulin to local immune cells using an intradermal microneedle delivery system; a potential antigen-specific immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes. Journal of Controlled Release 322, pp. 593-601. (10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.02.031)
2019
- Powell, W. et al. 2019. Detecting autoreactive B cells in the peripheral blood of people with type 1 diabetes using ELISpot. Journal of Immunological Methods 471, pp. 61-65. (10.1016/j.jim.2019.05.007)
2018
- Powell, W. E. et al. 2018. Loss of CXCR3 expression on memory B cells in individuals with long-standing type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia 61, pp. 1794-1803. (10.1007/s00125-018-4651-x)
2017
- Zhao, X., Coulman, S. A., Hanna, S. J., Wong, F. S., Dayan, C. M. and Birchall, J. C. 2017. Formulation of hydrophobic peptides for skin delivery via coated microneedles. Journal of Controlled Release 265, pp. 2-13. (10.1016/j.jconrel.2017.03.015)
2016
- Thayer, T. C. et al. 2016. Peripheral proinsulin expression controls low-avidity proinsulin-reactive CD8 T Cells in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 65(11), pp. 3429-3439. (10.2337/db15-1649)
- Zhao, X. et al. 2016. Microneedle delivery of autoantigen for immunotherapy in type 1 diabetes. Journal of Controlled Release 223, pp. 178-187. (10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.12.040)
2015
- Alhadj Ali, M. et al. 2015. Topical steroid therapy induces pro-tolerogenic changes in Langerhans cells in human skin. Immunology 146(3), pp. 411-422. (10.1111/imm.12518)
2012
- Harris, S. J. et al. 2012. Genetic ablation of PI3K? results in defective IL-17RA signalling in T lymphocytes and increased IL-17 levels. European Journal of Immunology 42(12), pp. 3394-3404. (10.1002/eji.201242463)
- Alhadj Ali, M., Hanna, S., Wong, S. and Dayan, C. 2012. Functional modulation of epidermal dendritic cells by topical steroid treatment to optimise the tolerogenic potential of immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes [Abstract]. Diabetologia 55(S1), pp. S192. (10.1007/s00125-012-2688-9)
2011
- Harris, S. J. et al. 2011. Evidence that the lipid phosphatase SHIP-1 regulates T lymphocyte morphology and motility.. Journal of Immunology 186(8), pp. 4936-4945. (10.4049/jimmunol.1002350)
2010
- Parry, R. V., Harris, S. J. and Ward, S. G. 2010. Fine tuning T lymphocytes: a role for the lipid phosphatase SHIP-1.. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1804(3), pp. 529-597. (10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.09.019)
2009
- Harris, S. 2009. PI3K isoforms as drug targets in inflammatory diseases: lessons from pharmacological and genetic strategies. Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs 10(11), pp. 1151-1162.
2008
- Harris, S., Parry, R., Westwick, J. and Ward, S. 2008. Phosphoinositide lipid phosphatases: natural regulators of phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling in T lymphocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283, pp. 2465-2469. (10.1074/jbc.r700044200)
Articles
- Hanna, S. J. et al. 2024. The type 1 diabetes T cell receptor and B cell receptor repository in the AIRR Data Commons: a practical guide for access, use and contributions through the Type 1 Diabetes AIRR Consortium.. Diabetologia (10.1007/s00125-024-06298-y)
- Tatovic, D. et al. 2024. Ustekinumab for type 1 diabetes in adolescents: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized phase 2 trial. Nature Medicine 30, pp. 2657-2666. (10.1038/s41591-024-03115-2)
- Taylor, P. et al. 2023. Factors predicting long-term outcome and the need for surgery in Graves orbitopathy: Extended follow-up from the CIRTED trial. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 108(10), pp. 2615-2625. (10.1210/clinem/dgad084)
- Hanna, S. J. et al. 2023. Single-cell RNAseq identifies clonally expanded antigen-specific T-cells following intradermal injection of gold nanoparticles loaded with diabetes autoantigen in humans. Frontiers in Immunology 14, article number: 1276255. (10.3389/fimmu.2023.1276255)
- Boldison, J. et al. 2022. Activated but functionally impaired memory Tregs are expanded in slow progressors to type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia 65, article number: 343–355. (10.1007/s00125-021-05595-0)
- Hanna, S. J., Tatovic, D., Thayer, T. C. and Dayan, C. M. 2021. Insights from single cell RNA sequencing Into the immunology of type 1 diabetes- cell phenotypes and antigen specificity. Frontiers in Immunology 12, article number: 751701. (10.3389/fimmu.2021.751701)
- Thayer, T. C., Davies, J., Pearson, J. A., Hanna, S. J., Wen, L. and Wong, F. S. 2021. Differentiating MHC-dependent and -independent mechanisms of lymph node stromal cell regulation of Proinsulin-specific CD8+ T-Cells in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 70(2), pp. 529-537., article number: db191050. (10.2337/db19-1050)
- Codd, A. S. et al. 2021. Neutrophilia, lymphopenia and myeloid dysfunction: A living review of the quantitative changes to innate and adaptive immune cells which define COVID-19 pathology. Oxford Open Immunology 2(1), article number: iqab016. (10.1093/oxfimm/iqab016)
- Hanna, S. J. et al. 2021. T cell phenotypes in COVID-19 - a living review. Oxford Open Immunology 2(1) (10.1093/oxfimm/iqaa007)
- Scourfield, D. O. et al. 2021. The role and uses of antibodies in COVID-19 infections: a living review. Oxford Open Immunology 2(1), article number: iqab003. (10.1093/oxfimm/iqab003)
- Hanna, S. J. et al. 2020. Slow progressors to type 1 diabetes lose islet autoantibodies over time, have few islet antigen-specific CD8+ T cells and exhibit a distinct CD95hi B cell phenotype. Diabetologia 63, pp. 1174-1185., article number: Diabetologia volume 63, pages1174–1185(2020). (10.1007/s00125-020-05114-7)
- Arikat, F. et al. 2020. Targeting proinsulin to local immune cells using an intradermal microneedle delivery system; a potential antigen-specific immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes. Journal of Controlled Release 322, pp. 593-601. (10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.02.031)
- Powell, W. et al. 2019. Detecting autoreactive B cells in the peripheral blood of people with type 1 diabetes using ELISpot. Journal of Immunological Methods 471, pp. 61-65. (10.1016/j.jim.2019.05.007)
- Powell, W. E. et al. 2018. Loss of CXCR3 expression on memory B cells in individuals with long-standing type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia 61, pp. 1794-1803. (10.1007/s00125-018-4651-x)
- Zhao, X., Coulman, S. A., Hanna, S. J., Wong, F. S., Dayan, C. M. and Birchall, J. C. 2017. Formulation of hydrophobic peptides for skin delivery via coated microneedles. Journal of Controlled Release 265, pp. 2-13. (10.1016/j.jconrel.2017.03.015)
- Thayer, T. C. et al. 2016. Peripheral proinsulin expression controls low-avidity proinsulin-reactive CD8 T Cells in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 65(11), pp. 3429-3439. (10.2337/db15-1649)
- Zhao, X. et al. 2016. Microneedle delivery of autoantigen for immunotherapy in type 1 diabetes. Journal of Controlled Release 223, pp. 178-187. (10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.12.040)
- Alhadj Ali, M. et al. 2015. Topical steroid therapy induces pro-tolerogenic changes in Langerhans cells in human skin. Immunology 146(3), pp. 411-422. (10.1111/imm.12518)
- Harris, S. J. et al. 2012. Genetic ablation of PI3K? results in defective IL-17RA signalling in T lymphocytes and increased IL-17 levels. European Journal of Immunology 42(12), pp. 3394-3404. (10.1002/eji.201242463)
- Alhadj Ali, M., Hanna, S., Wong, S. and Dayan, C. 2012. Functional modulation of epidermal dendritic cells by topical steroid treatment to optimise the tolerogenic potential of immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes [Abstract]. Diabetologia 55(S1), pp. S192. (10.1007/s00125-012-2688-9)
- Harris, S. J. et al. 2011. Evidence that the lipid phosphatase SHIP-1 regulates T lymphocyte morphology and motility.. Journal of Immunology 186(8), pp. 4936-4945. (10.4049/jimmunol.1002350)
- Parry, R. V., Harris, S. J. and Ward, S. G. 2010. Fine tuning T lymphocytes: a role for the lipid phosphatase SHIP-1.. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1804(3), pp. 529-597. (10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.09.019)
- Harris, S. 2009. PI3K isoforms as drug targets in inflammatory diseases: lessons from pharmacological and genetic strategies. Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs 10(11), pp. 1151-1162.
- Harris, S., Parry, R., Westwick, J. and Ward, S. 2008. Phosphoinositide lipid phosphatases: natural regulators of phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling in T lymphocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283, pp. 2465-2469. (10.1074/jbc.r700044200)
Teaching
- MSc Applied Clinical and Experimental Immunology
- MSc Bioinformatics
- GW4 DTP
Biography
Honours and awards
- 2023- INNODIA IDS young investigator travel award
- 2022- Poster prize, British Society for Immunology Congress
- 2022- Travel Award, British Society for Immunology
- 2022- Association of Physicians Travel Award
- 2021- Cardiff University Celebrating Excellence Award finalist for the COVID-19 Community Journal Club in the Excellence in Research category
- 2020 - Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Professor David Matthews Non-Clinical Research Fellowship
- 2020 - High-scoring abstract, Immunology of Diabetes Society
- 2020 - Travel Award, British Society for Immunology
Professional memberships
- 2022- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- 2022- Cardiff University Education Fellow
- 2021- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
Speaking engagements
- 2024-Immunology of Diabetes Society Congress, Bruges, Belgium
- 2024-ADA Orlando, Florida, USA. Invited speaker
- 2023- TheSugarScience Ask the Expert
- 2023- South West RNA Club UK
- 2022-Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland annual conference, Dublin
- 2022-British Society for Immunology Congress, Liverpool
- 2022-Welsh Endocrine and Diabetes society annual meeting, Cardiff
- 2021- Cytokines2021 The Royal Society of Biology session: NGS-omics and visualisation
Committees and reviewing
- Frontiers in Immunology: Review Editor on Editorial Board of Autoimmune and Autoinflamatory Disorders
- Research Culture Working Group- Early Career Researcher representative
- School of Medicine Early Career Researcher Forum- Division of Infection and Immunity representative
Engagement
2024- DRWF United Through Diabetes Event. Guest researcher and panel member. Kenilworth, UK (2024)
2023- United through diabetes meet the researchers,
2021-“What Diabetes Means To Us”, a research based art exhibition celebrating one hundred years since the discovery of Insulin.
To honour this important centenary, Professor F. Susan Wong, in collaboration with members of Cardiff University Diabetes Research Group and Artist in Residence, Bridget O’Brien, have transformed the Hearth Gallery into a visually informative exhibition that focuses on the importance of Diabetes research and encourages open discussions about Diabetes and what it means to those who live with it.
“Type 1 Diabetes Research - Cardiff University” This is a 20 minute video, suitable for lay audiences which gives an explanation of the immunology of type 1 diabetes and describes the research undertaken at Cardiff