On 16 March 2022, G. Liebrechts-Akkerman will defend her PhD dissertation, entitled: ‘SNPs in SIDS. Histologic, environmental and genetic factors of sudden infant death in the Netherlands’.
- Promotor
- Promotor
- Date
- Wednesday 16 Mar 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
- Type
- PhD defence
- Space
- Professor Andries Querido room
- Building
- Education Center
- Location
- Erasmus MC
Dissertation in short:
SNPs in SIDS is a research project into the histologic, environmental and genetic risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome in the Netherlands. By identifying risk factors for SIDS preventive measures can be taken, such as education of the parents or even inclusion of a genetic variation in the "hielprik". The most important risk factors found in this project are prone sleeping position of the infant, tobacco smoking by the parents, variations in genes responsible for heart rhythm regulation, and possibly a variation in a gene that plays a role in respiratory regulation.
- More information
The public defence will begin exactly at 13.00 hrs. The doors will be closed once the public defence starts, latecomers can access the hall via the fourth floor. Due to the solemn nature of the ceremony, we recommend that you do not take children under the age of 6 to the first part of the ceremony.
A live stream link has been provided to the candidate
