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C.E.M. van Beijsterveldt

C.E.M. van Beijsterveldt

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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National Ranking
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Overview

C.E.M. van Beijsterveldt is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans the intersection of psychology, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on genetics and clinical psychology. Their contributions include extensive work in experimental and cognitive psychology as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's research covers several specialized topics, notably:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Van Beijsterveldt has published papers in various journals and venues, including:

  • Behavior Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Scientific Reports

Recent scientific papers authored by or involving van Beijsterveldt consist of:

  • "Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits," 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • "Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Genetic Associations Between Childhood Psychopathology and Adult Depression and Associated Traits in 42,998 Individuals," 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age," 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Identical twins carry a persistent epigenetic signature of early genome programming," 2021, Nature Communications

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers such as:

  • Dorret I. Boomsma
  • Jouke-Jan Hottenga
  • Meike Bartels
  • Gonneke Willemsen
  • Erik A. Ehli

Best Publications

  • Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

    Nicole M Warrington;Robin N Beaumont;Momoko Horikoshi;Felix R Day

  • Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease

    Momoko Horikoshi;Robin N. Beaumont;Felix R. Day;Nicole M. Warrington;Nicole M. Warrington

  • Twin and family studies of the human electroencephalogram: a review and a meta-analysis

    C.E.M van Beijsterveldt;G.C.M van Baal

  • Heritability of attention problems in children: longitudinal results from a study of twins, age 3 to 12.

    M.J.H. Rietveld;J.J. Hudziak;M. Bartels;C.E.M. van Beijsterveldt

  • Heritability of human brain functioning as assessed by electroencephalography

    C. E. M. Van Beijsterveldt;P. C. M. Molenaar;E. J. C. De Geus;D. I. Boomsma

  • Genetics of the human electroencephalogram (EEG) and event-related brain potentials (ERPs): a review

    C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt;D. I. Boomsma

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Cross-Gender Behavior and Relation to Behavior Problems: A Study of Dutch Twins at Ages 7 and 10 Years

    C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt;James J. Hudziak;Dorret I. Boomsma

  • Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits.

    Suzanne Vogelezang;Suzanne Vogelezang;Jonathan P Bradfield;Tarunveer S Ahluwalia;John A Curtin

  • Stability in symptoms of anxiety and depression as a function of genotype and environment: a longitudinal twin study from ages 3 to 63 years.

    M. G. Nivard;C. V. Dolan;K. S. Kendler;K.-J. Kan

  • Causes of stability of aggression from early childhood to adolescence: a longitudinal genetic analysis in Dutch twins.

    C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt;M. Bartels;J. J. Hudziak;D. I. Boomsma

  • Individual differences in aggression: genetic analyses by age, gender, and informant in 3-, 7-, and 10-year-old Dutch twins.

    J. J. Hudziak;C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt;M. Bartels;M. J. H. Rietveld

  • The Young Netherlands Twin Register (YNTR): Longitudinal Twin and Family Studies in Over 70,000 Children

    Catharina E.M. Van Beijsterveldt;Maria Groen-Blokhuis;Jouke Jan Hottenga;Sanja Franić

  • Circulating metabolites and general cognitive ability and dementia : Evidence from 11 cohort studies

    Sven J. van der Lee;Charlotte E. Teunissen;Rene Pool;Martin J. Shipley

  • Genetic and Environmental Contributions to the Child Behavior Checklist Obsessive-Compulsive Scale A Cross-cultural Twin Study

    James J. Hudziak;C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt;Robert R. Althoff;Catherine Stanger

  • The Netherlands Twin Register: Longitudinal Research Based on Twin and Twin-Family Designs.

    Lannie Ligthart;Catharina E M van Beijsterveldt;Sofieke T Kevenaar;Eveline L. de Zeeuw

  • Heritability of attention problems in children: I. cross-sectional results from a study of twins, age 3-12 years

    M J H Rietveld;J J Hudziak;M Bartels;C E M van Beijsterveldt

  • Genetic and environmental influences on Anxious/Depression during childhood: a study from the Netherlands Twin Register

    D. I. Boomsma;C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt;J. J. Hudziak

  • Genetics of parentally reported asthma, eczema and rhinitis in 5-yr-old twins.

    C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt;D. I. Boomsma

  • Genetic Contributions to Long-Range Temporal Correlations in Ongoing Oscillations

    K. Linkenkaer-Hansen;D.J.A. Smit;A. Barkil;C.E.M. van Beijsterveldt

  • Young Netherlands Twin Register (Y-NTR): A longitudinal multiple informant study of problem behavior.

    Meike Bartels;C E M van Beijsterveldt;Eske M Derks;Therese M Stroet

  • Genetic and Environmental Mechanisms Underlying Stability and Change in Problem Behaviors at Ages 3, 7, 10, and 12

    M. Bartels;E. J. C. G. van den Oord;J. J. Hudziak;M. J. H. Rietveld

  • Genetic influences on disordered eating behaviour are largely independent of body mass index.

    M C T Slof-Op 't Landt;M C T Slof-Op 't Landt;M Bartels;E F van Furth;C E M van Beijsterveldt

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Meike Bartels
Meike Bartels Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
E.J.C. de Geus
E.J.C. de Geus Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
James J. Hudziak
James J. Hudziak University of Vermont
Conor V. Dolan
Conor V. Dolan Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Eske M. Derks
Eske M. Derks QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Gonneke Willemsen
Gonneke Willemsen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Danielle Posthuma
Danielle Posthuma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen
Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Karri Silventoinen
Karri Silventoinen University of Helsinki

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