Biography
As an epidemiologist and neuroscientist, my research area focuses on sensitive periods of brain development (prenatal, the first 1000 days of life and adolescence). In population-based studies, I examine the short- and long-term consequences of maternal, fetal and child health on brain developmental features, including behaviour and cognition, as well as brain morphology and connectivity. One of my focus areas is substance use in pregnancy and adolescence. Next to my research, I also disseminate this knowledge and general research skills to bachelor and master students.
Associate professor
- h.marrounel@erasmusmc.nl
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Endowed professor | Clinical Psychology
- elmarroun@essb.eur.nl
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Associate professor | Clinical Psychology
- elmarroun@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Rachelle A. Pretorius, Demetris Avraam, Mònica Guxens, Jordi Julvez, Jennifer R. Harris, Johanna Thorbjornsrud Nader, Tim Cadman, Ahmed Elhakeem, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Hanan El Marroun, Serena Defina, Tiffany C. Yang, Rosie McEachan, John Wright, Jesús Ibarluzea, Loreto Santa-Marina, Juana Mari Delgado, Marisa Rebagliato, Marie Aline Charles, Chloe Vainqueur, Silvia Maritano, Daniela Zugna, Wen Lun Yuan, Barbara Heude & Rae Chi Huang (2025) - Is maternal diabetes during pregnancy associated with neurodevelopmental, cognitive and behavioural outcomes in children?: Insights from individual participant data meta-analysis in ten birth cohorts - BMC Pediatrics, 25 (1), 76 - doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-05365-y - [link]
- Clair Enthoven, Jeremy Labrecque, Nicole Lucassen, Marco Varkevisser, Hilmar Bijma, Hanan El Marroun & Pauline Jansen (2025) - Health Insurance Coverage and Unplanned Births in Rotterdam, the Netherlands: A Natural Experiment in the Generation R Study - Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - doi: 10.1111/psrh.70020 - [link]
- Frederieke A.J. Gigase, Anna Suleri, Elena Isaevska, Anna Sophie Rommel, Myrthe G.B.M. Boekhorst, Olga Dmitrichenko, Hanan El Marroun, Eric A.P. Steegers, Manon H.J. Hillegers, Ryan L. Muetzel, Whitney Lieb, Charlotte A.M. Cecil, Victor J.M. Pop, Michael Breen, Veerle Bergink & Lot D. de Witte (2025) - Inflammatory markers in pregnancy – identifying drivers in four large cohorts - Frontiers in Immunology, 16 - doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1561798 - [link]
- Esmée Essers, Laura Granés, Núria Botella, Sami Petricola, Llúcia González-Safont, Ane Arregi, Oscar Vegas, Martine Vrijheid, Carmen Iñiguez, Hanan El Marroun, Henning Tiemeier & Mònica Guxens (2025) - Exposure to high temperature and sleep in preadolescents from two European birth cohorts - Environment international, 200 - doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109543 - [link]
- Anne-Claire Binter, Akhgar Ghassabian, Runyu Zou, Hanan El Marroun, Aitana Lertxundi, Karen M. Switkowski, Marisa Estarlich, Ana Cristina Rodriguez-Dehli, Ana Esplugues, Tanja Vrijkotte, Jordi Sunyer, Loreto Santa-Marina, Ana Fernandez-Somoano, Kinga Polanska, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Emily Oken, Henning Tiemeier & Monica Guxens (2025) - Associations of Gestational Exposure to Air Pollution With Maternal Vitamin D Levels: A Meta-Analysis - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 110 (5), 1410-1418 - doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae395 - [link]
- Romy Gonçalves, Sophia Blaauwendraad, Demetris Avraam, Andrea Beneíto, Marie Aline Charles, Ahmed Elhakeem, Joaquin Escribano, Louise Etienne, Gonzalo García-Baquero Moneo, Ana Gonçalves Soares, Jasmin de Groot, Veit Grote, Dariusz Gruszfeld, Kathrin Guerlich, Monica Guxens, Barbara Heude, Berthold Koletzko, Aitana Lertxundi, Manuel Lozano, Hanan El Marroun, Rosie McEachan, Angela Pinot de Moira, Gillian Santorelli, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Muriel Tafflet, Chloe Vainqueur, Elvira Verduci, Martine Vrijheid, Marieke Welten, John Wright, Tiffany C. Yang, Romy Gaillard & Vincent W.V. Jaddoe (2025) - Early-life growth and emotional, behavior and cognitive outcomes in childhood and adolescence in the EU child cohort network: individual participant data meta-analysis of over 109,000 individuals - The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 52 - doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101247 - [link]
- Clair A. Enthoven, Jeremy A. Labrecque, Hanan El Marroun, Nicole Lucassen, Dionne V. Gootjes, Eefje van Vliet, Hilmar H. Bijma & Pauline W. Jansen (2025) - Reducing Inequalities in Timing of Antenatal Care Initiation: A Hypothetical Intervention in the Generation R Study - Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - doi: 10.1111/ppe.70020 - [link]
- Reinout W. Wiers, , Hanan Bozhar, Hilgo Bruining, Jonas Dalege, Brechtje De Mooij, Adam Finnemann, René Freichel, Aniko Korosi, Helle Larsen, Michael Lees, Patty Leijten, Paul J. Lucassen, Patrick Mc'Kearny, Geertjan Overbeek, Susanne R. de Rooij, Tessa Roseboom, Eline Smit, Rixt Van der Veen, Ruth van Holst, Nadia Van der Spek, Ilya Veer, Rob Wichers, Hanan El Marroun, Claudi Bockting & Harm Krugers (2025) - Debate: Urban versus rural environments – which is better for mental health?: The one good thing about a small town… - Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 30 (2), 189-191 - doi: 10.1111/camh.12771 - [link]
- A. Biaggi, V. Zonca, C. Anacker, , V. Begni, F. Benedetti, A. Bramante, A. Braniecka, V. Brenna, M. Bulgheroni, C. Buss, L. Cavaliere, C. A.M. Cecil, A. C. Couch, D. de Barra, H. El Marroun, S. Entringer, R. Grassi-Oliveira, M. Jackowska, A. Korosi, P. J.C. Kwant, J. Lahti, K. Lekadir, I. Mansuy, F. Manuella, M. Marizzoni, U. Meyer, C. Monk, S. Nakić Radoš, C. M. Pariante, B. J.A. Pollux, K. Priestley, K. Räikkönen, J. Richetto, M. A. Riva, L. M. Rothmann, V. Simonetti, B. Vai, A. C. Vernon, M. Žutić & A. Cattaneo (2025) - Understanding, predicting, and treating depression in pregnancy to improve mothers' and offspring's mental health outcomes: The HappyMums study - Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health, 44 - doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2025.100961 - [link]
- Esmée Essers, Michelle Kusters, Laura Granés, Joan Ballester, Sami Petricola, Nerea Lertxundi, Ane Arregi, Ferran Ballester, Martine Vrijheid, Hanan El Marroun, Carmen Iñiguez, Henning Tiemeier & Mònica Guxens (2025) - Temperature Exposure and Psychiatric Symptoms in Adolescents From 2 European Birth Cohorts - JAMA network open, 8 (1) - doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.56898 - [link]
- Olga D. Boer, Thea Wiker, Shervin H. Bukhari, Rikka Kjelkenes, Clara M.F. Timpe, Irene Voldsbekk, Knut Skaug, Rune Boen, Valerie Karl, Torgeir Moberget, Lars T. Westlye, Ingmar H.A. Franken, Hanan El Marroun, Rene J. Huster & Christian K. Tamnes (2025) - Neural markers of error processing relate to task performance, but not to substance-related risks and problems and externalizing problems in adolescence and emerging adulthood - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 71 - doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101500 - [link]
- Clair A. Enthoven, Jeremy A. Labrecque, M. Elisabeth Koopman-Verhoeff, Mijke P. Lambregtse-van den Berg, Manon H.J. Hillegers, Hanan El Marroun & Pauline W. Jansen (2024) - Reducing behavior problems in children born after an unintended pregnancy: the generation R study - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 59 (12), 2247-2258 - doi: 10.1007/s00127-024-02693-3 - [link]
- Marin Pielage, Melek Rousian, Sem van Heteren, Irene A.L. Groenenberg, Manon H.J. Hillegers, Eric A.P. Steegers & Hanan El Marroun (2024) - The Association of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure With Brain Development During the First 1000 Days of Life: A Systematic Review - Prenatal Diagnosis, 44 (13), 1603-1613 - doi: 10.1002/pd.6694 - [link]
- Romy Goncalves, Romy Gaillard, Kelly K. Ferguson, Sara Sammallahti, Manon H. Hillegers, Eric A. P. Steegers, Hanan El Marroun & Vincent W. V. Jaddoe (2024) - Associations of fetal and infant growth patterns with behavior and cognitive outcomes in early adolescence - JCPP Advances - doi: 10.1002/jcv2.12278 - [link]
- Katharine M. Barry, Demetris Avraam, Tim Cadman, Ahmed Elhakeem, Hanan El Marroun, Pauline W. Jansen, Anne Marie Nybo-Andersen, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Llúcia González Safont, Raquel Soler-Blasco, Florencia Barreto-Zarza, Jordi Julvez, Martine Vrijheid, Barbara Heude, Marie Aline Charles, Alexandre Ramchandar Gomajee & Maria Melchior (2024) - Early childcare arrangements and children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of six prospective birth cohorts in Europe - The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 45 - doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101036 - [link]
- Olga D Boer, Ingmar H A Franken, Ryan L Muetzel, Janna Cousijn & Hanan El Marroun (2024) - Examining associations between brain morphology in late childhood and early alcohol or tobacco use initiation in adolescence: findings from a large prospective cohort - Biological Psychology, 192 - doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108859 - [link]
- Amanda Fernandes, Demetris Avraam, Tim Cadman, Payam Dadvand, Mònica Guxens, Anne Claire Binter, Angela Pinot de Moira, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Liesbeth Duijts, Jordi Julvez, Montserrat De Castro, Serena Fossati, Sandra Márquez, Tanja Vrijkotte, Ahmed Elhakeem, Rosemary McEachan, Tiffany Yang, Marie Pedersen, Johan Vinther, Johanna Lepeule, Barbara Heude, Vincent W.V. Jaddoe, Susana Santos, Marieke Welten, Hanan El Marroun, Annemiek Mian, Sandra Andrušaitytė, Aitana Lertxundi, Jesús Ibarluzea, Ferran Ballester, Ana Esplugues, Maria Torres Toda, Jennifer R. Harris, Johanna Lucia Thorbjørnsrud Nader, Giovenale Moirano, Silvia Maritano, Rebecca Catherine Wilson & Martine Vrijheid (2024) - Green spaces and respiratory, cardiometabolic, and neurodevelopmental outcomes: An individual-participant data meta-analysis of >35.000 European children - Environment international, 190 - doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108853 - [link]
- Anne Claire Binter, Laura Granés, Elise Bannier, Montserrat de Castro, Sami Petricola, Serena Fossati, Martine Vrijheid, Cécile Chevrier, Hanan El Marroun, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Dave Saint-Amour, Henning Tiemeier & Mònica Guxens (2024) - Urban environment during pregnancy and childhood and white matter microstructure in preadolescence in two European birth cohorts - Environmental Pollution, 346 - doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123612 - [link]
- Esmée Essers, Laura Granés, Scott Delaney, Joan Ballester, Susana Santos, Sami Petricola, Tiffany C. Yang, Ana Fernández-Somoano, Ainhoa Bereziartua, Ferran Ballester, Adonina Tardón, Martine Vrijheid, Aitana Lertxundi, Rosemary R.C. McEachan, Hanan El Marroun, Henning Tiemeier, Carmen Iñiguez & Mònica Guxens (2024) - Ambient air temperature exposure and foetal size and growth in three European birth cohorts - Environment international, 186 - doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108619 - [link]
VENA - Bestuur in het Erasmus MC
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- september 2022
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Mind Us - wetenschappelijke adviesraad
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Child and youth psychiatry
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- Year Level
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- Year
- 2024
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4.1C Addiction
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- 2024
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