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Dr. Jaddoe is a Pediatrician and Professor of Pediatric Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He serves as the Principal Investigator of the Generation R Study, a population-based prospective cohort study involving 10,000 pregnant women and children in Rotterdam, Netherlands. His research focuses on three main themes: maternal-fetal health, fetal and infant programming of common childhood diseases, and the genetics and epigenetics of these diseases. Dr. Jaddoe's aim is to explore how genetic variants and environmental exposures can lead to maternal and gestational complications, as well as to understand the developmental adaptation mechanisms and risk factors associated with common diseases. His specific interests include identifying early critical periods that contribute to the risk factors of diseases throughout life, with a focus on cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and respiratory diseases. His work involves genetic association studies embedded within the Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium and the Early Growth & Longitudinal Epidemiology (EAGLE) Consortium, utilizing data from over 30,000 subjects in various birth cohorts.
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences focus. Masters degrees include MPH and SM.