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Netherlands
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
148
Citations
80966
World Ranking
1239
National Ranking
44

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2020 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Vincent W. V. Jaddoe is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their research spans multiple specialized subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, as well as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Jaddoe's main research topics include:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Significant recent publications by Jaddoe include:

  • "The LifeCycle Project-EU Child Cohort Network: a federated analysis infrastructure and harmonized data of more than 250,000 children and parents," 2020, European Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition," 2021, Nature Genetics (authored by a collaborator, but relevant to Jaddoe's research network)
  • "Epigenome-wide change and variation in DNA methylation in childhood: trajectories from birth to late adolescence," 2021, Human Molecular Genetics
  • "Diversity, compositional and functional differences between gut microbiota of children and adults," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jaddoe include:

  • Romy Gaillard
  • Janine F. Felix
  • Liesbeth Duijts
  • Susana Santos
  • Martine Vrijheid

Publications have appeared regularly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environment International
  • UNC Libraries
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • Clinical Nutrition

Jaddoe has been recognized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

    Alexander Kurilshikov;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Djawad Radjabzadeh

  • Influence of maternal obesity on the long-term health of offspring.

    Keith M Godfrey;Rebecca M Reynolds;Susan L Prescott;Moffat Nyirenda;Moffat Nyirenda

  • 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

  • The Generation R Study: design and cohort update 2010

    Vincent W. V. Jaddoe;Cock M. van Duijn;Albert J. van der Heijden;Johan P. Mackenbach

  • Prolonged and Exclusive Breastfeeding Reduces the Risk of Infectious Diseases in Infancy

    Liesbeth Duijts;Vincent W. V. Jaddoe;Albert Hofman;Henriette A. Moll

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

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

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

  • A genome-wide association study identifies CDHR3 as a susceptibility locus for early childhood asthma with severe exacerbations

    Klaus Bønnelykke;Patrick Sleiman;Kasper Nielsen;Eskil Kreiner-Møller

  • Dose–response relationship between alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy and the risks of low birthweight, preterm birth and small for gestational age (SGA)—a systematic review and meta‐analyses

    Jayadeep Patra;Rachel Bakker;Hyacinth Irving;Vincent W.V. Jaddoe

  • Maternal Thyroid Function during Early Pregnancy and Cognitive Functioning in Early Childhood: The Generation R Study

    Jens Henrichs;Jacoba J. Bongers-Schokking;Jacqueline J. Schenk;Akhgar Ghassabian

  • 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

  • The Generation R Study: design and cohort update 2012

    Vincent W V Jaddoe

  • Association of maternal thyroid function during early pregnancy with offspring IQ and brain morphology in childhood: a population-based prospective cohort study.

    Tim I M Korevaar;Ryan Muetzel;Marco Medici;Layal Chaker

  • Impact of maternal body mass index and gestational weight gain on pregnancy complications: An individual participant data meta-analysis of European, North American and Australian cohorts

    Susana Santos;Ellis Voerman;Pilar Amiano;Henrique Barros

  • 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

  • Risk factors and outcomes of maternal obesity and excessive weight gain during pregnancy

    Romy Gaillard;Büşra Durmuş;Albert Hofman;Johan P. Mackenbach

  • 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

  • New charts for ultrasound dating of pregnancy and assessment of fetal growth: longitudinal data from a population-based cohort study

    B. O. Verburg;E. A. P. Steegers;M. De Ridder;R. J. M. Snijders

  • The Generation R Study: Design and cohort profile.

    Vincent W. V. Jaddoe;Johan P. Mackenbach;Henriëtte A. Moll;Eric A. P. Steegers

  • Children's eating behavior, feeding practices of parents and weight problems in early childhood: results from the population-based Generation R Study

    Pauline W. Jansen;Sabine J. Roza;Vincent W. V. Jaddoe;Joreintje D. Mackenbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Henning Tiemeier
Henning Tiemeier Harvard University
Eric A.P. Steegers
Eric A.P. Steegers Erasmus University Rotterdam
Henriëtte A. Moll
Henriëtte A. Moll Erasmus University Rotterdam
Frank C. Verhulst
Frank C. Verhulst Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hein Raat
Hein Raat Erasmus University Rotterdam
Janine F. Felix
Janine F. Felix Erasmus University Rotterdam
Oscar H. Franco
Oscar H. Franco University Medical Center Utrecht
Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn University College London

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