Hannie Westra

Hannie Westra is a researcher at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, affiliated with the Groningen Institute for Organ Transplantation (GIOT) and Translational Immunology Groningen (TRIGR). Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in health and well-being.

• Research Focus: Autoimmune diseases (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rheumatoid Arthritis), Immunology, Periodontitis, Macrophage biology, Vasculitis, and Vaccination policy.
• Key Contributions: Studying neutrophil interactions with pathogens, fibroblast subtypes in vasculitis, placental macrophage activation in rheumatic diseases, and NET formation in SLE.

Recent publications highlight her expertise in inflammatory mechanisms, including Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans vesicle interactions and endometrial immune profiling for preconceptional assessment. She has supervised 18 research projects and contributed to datasets like IgA ACPA in GCF (2022). Collaborations span international networks in immunology and rheumatology.