About
Introduction
My current research interests include: the etiology of abnormal pregnancy outcome and gene-environmental interactions in relation to abnormal embryogenesis and first trimester malplacentation; maternal cardiovascular health after complicated pregnancies (this work is largely embedded in the Generation R study, a population-based prospective cohort study among 10,000 pregnant women and their children of which I am one of the PI’s); and developing local and national programs for the prevention of abnormal pregnancy outcomes by risk selection and intervention both before pregnancy (preconception care) and in early pregnancy. This work is reflected in (co) authorship of over 780 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and in the successful completed supervision of 75 PhD theses.
Field(s) of expertise
- Embryonic, fetal and maternal health.
- Placentation and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
- Societal valorization of academic knowledge to reduce discrepancies in perinatal health.
