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Ulrike Gehring is a researcher affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands, focusing primarily on environmental science and medicine. Their scholarly work spans multiple fields of study, including environmental science, health toxicology and mutagenesis, physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and immunology and allergy.

Their recent research contributions include studies on various aspects of respiratory health and environmental impacts. Notable papers authored or coauthored by Gehring include:

  • "Air pollution and the development of asthma from birth until young adulthood," 2020, European Respiratory Journal
  • "Nasal DNA methylation profiling of asthma and rhinitis," 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "Early-life respiratory tract infections and the risk of school-age lower lung function and asthma: a meta-analysis of 150,000 European children," 2022, European Respiratory Journal
  • "Green space, air pollution, traffic noise and mental wellbeing throughout adolescence: Findings from the PIAMA study," 2022, Environment International
  • "Plasticity of Individual Lung Function States from Childhood to Adulthood," 2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

The research topics Gehring contributes to encompass:

  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Climate change and health impacts
  • Noise effects and management
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research
  • Health, environment, cognitive aging
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

Frequent coauthors in Gehring's work include:

  • Gerard H. Koppelman
  • Judith M. Vonk
  • Roel Vermeulen
  • Erik Melén
  • Kees de Hoogh

Gehring's contributions are regularly published in several scientific venues, particularly:

  • Environment International
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environmental Research
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Their research methodology and scope extend across a variety of subfields including health toxicology, physiology, respiratory medicine, and immunology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to environmental health challenges.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • Ambient air pollution and low birthweight: a European cohort study (ESCAPE)

    Marie Pedersen;Lise Giorgis-Allemand;Claire Bernard;Inmaculada Aguilera

  • Traffic-related air pollution and the development of asthma and allergies during the first 8 years of life.

    Ulrike Gehring;Alet H. Wijga;Michael Brauer;Paul Fischer

  • Estimating long-term average particulate air pollution concentrations: application of traffic indicators and geographic information systems.

    Michael Brauer;Gerard Hoek;Patricia van Vliet;Kees Meliefste

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Long-term air pollution exposure and living close to busy roads are associated with COPD in women.

    Tamara Schikowski;Dorothea Sugiri;Ulrich Ranft;Ulrike Gehring;Ulrike Gehring

  • Air pollution exposure and lung function in children: the ESCAPE project.

    Ulrike Gehring;Olena Gruzieva;Raymond M Agius;Rob Beelen

  • Maternal Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution and Term Birth Weight: A Multi-Country Evaluation of Effect and Heterogeneity

    Payam Dadvand;Jennifer Parker;Michelle L. Bell;Matteo Bonzini

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • Preterm birth, infant weight gain, and childhood asthma risk : A meta-analysis of 147,000 European children

    Agnes M M Sonnenschein-Van Der Voort;Lidia R. Arends;Johan C. De Jongste;Isabella Annesi-Maesano

  • Traffic-related air pollution and respiratory health during the first 2 yrs of life

    U. Gehring;J. Cyrys;G. Sedlmeir;B. Brunekreef

  • Comorbidity of eczema, rhinitis, and asthma in IgE-sensitised and non-IgE-sensitised children in MeDALL: a population-based cohort study

    Mariona Pinart;Marta Benet;Isabella Annesi-Maesano;Isabella Annesi-Maesano;Andrea von Berg

  • Respiratory health and individual estimated exposure to traffic-related air pollutants in a cohort of young children

    Verena Morgenstern;Anne Zutavern;Josef Cyrys;Inken Brockow

  • Exposure to endotoxin decreases the risk of atopic eczema in infancy: A cohort study

    Ulrike Gehring;Gabriele Bolte;Michael Borte;Wolfgang Bischof

  • Air pollution and respiratory infections during early childhood: an analysis of 10 European birth cohorts within the ESCAPE Project

    Elaina A. MacIntyre;Ulrike Gehring;Anna Mölter;Elaine Fuertes

  • Parental smoking and lung function in children : An international study

    Hanns Moshammer;Gerard Hoek;Heike Luttmann-Gibson;Manfred A. Neuberger

  • House Dust Endotoxin and Allergic Sensitization in Children

    Ulrike Gehring;Wolfgang Bischof;Bärbel Fahlbusch;Heinz-Erich Wichmann

  • Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Cardiopulmonary Mortality in Women

    Ulrike Gehring;Joachim Heinrich;Ursula Krämer;Veit Grote

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert Brunekreef
Bert Brunekreef Utrecht University
Alet H. Wijga
Alet H. Wijga Centre for Health Protection
Gerard H. Koppelman
Gerard H. Koppelman University Medical Center Groningen
Joachim Heinrich
Joachim Heinrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Henriette A. Smit
Henriette A. Smit Utrecht University
Gerard Hoek
Gerard Hoek Utrecht University
Erik Melén
Erik Melén Karolinska Institute
Marjan Kerkhof
Marjan Kerkhof University Medical Center Groningen
Göran Pershagen
Göran Pershagen Karolinska Institute
Dirkje S. Postma
Dirkje S. Postma University Medical Center Groningen

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