About PRINDOUT
When a pregnant woman becomes ill due to an infection (such as a cold, flu, or COVID), it can impact her baby’s development. We believe that the infection disrupts the wiring of the baby’s brain, leading to difficulties in focusing attention and potentially resulting in behavioral issues.
To investigate this, we first examine the type and severity of potential infections through the blood and saliva of pregnant women. We then combine this information with data collected from their babies up to the age of three regarding the development of their brain networks, attention, and self-control.
We can do this by integrating knowledge from various fields: developmental psychology, pediatrics, epidemiology, and immunology. Ultimately, we hope that this research will allow us to provide better guidance to pregnant women and to be able to assist children facing behavioral issues.
The PRINDOUT team
Principal investigators and primary affiliations
Prof. Chantal Kemner (Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Dr. Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen (University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Dr. Marieke de Hoog (University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Dr. Lilly Verhagen (Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Advisory board
Prof. Kitty Bloemenkamp (Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist and Chair Birth Centre, Wilhelmina’s Children Hospital, UMCU)
Dr. Putri Hintaran (MD: Consultant Infectious Disease control, Public Health Services (GGD) Utrecht)
Prof. Lieke Sanders (Chief Science Officer Host Response at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and paediatrician and Professor of Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital/UMCU)
Project funding
