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Dr. Virissa Lenters is an Assistant Professor in environmental epidemiology. She received her MSc and PhD in epidemiology from Utrecht University (Registered Epidemiologist B). She investigates how plastic and chemical pollution impact maternal and child health. She is active within national and EU-funded projects researching the health risks of microplastics and endocrine-disrupting chemicals. She also investigates disparities in exposure to pollution and factors that promote resilience and susceptibility to environmental insults. She has published >50 peer-reviewed articles; her first-author articles have been cited an average of >70 times to date; and her publications have been cited by >80 policy documents (by ECHA, EFSA, WHO, IARC, RIVM, the Health Council of the Netherlands, US CDC, US EPA, etc). Her teaching and societal engagement more broadly address public health, exposome science, and planetary health.
Research
Selected projects
FLES: Fed with a side of microplastics: interventions to reduce plastic exposure via infant formula and human milk (ZonMw-funded; main applicant; 300k euro; 2023-2025)
AURORA: Actionable European roadmap for early-life health risk assessment of micro- and nanoplastics (EU-funded; co-applicant; 6 mil. euro; 2021-2026)
FREIA: Female reproductive toxicity of EDCs: a human evidence-based screening and identification approach (EU-funded; 2019-2024)
PFAS lichaamsbelasting van lacterende vrouwen: de verspreiding in Nederland (VU & Amsterdam UMC & RIVM; 2024-2026)
Teaching
Various courses: Gezondheid en Leven (Bachelor-level)
Epidemiology for Toxicologists (post-graduate)
Qualification: University Teaching Qualfication (UTQ) / Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs (BKO)
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Member of the Subcommittee on the Classification of Reproduction Toxic Substances of the Health Council of the Netherlands (Gezondheidsraad)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Academic qualification
Epidemiology, PhD, Utrecht University
Keywords
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
User created Keywords
- Epidemiology
- Environmental health
- Planetary health
- Child health
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Research output
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Green space visits among Turkish and South Asian Surinamese women with a high cardiometabolic risk living in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Netherlands: motives, means and prerequisites
van den Brekel, L., Voogdt-Pruis, H. R., Wispelweij, L., Jawalapershad, L., Narain, S., Klipstein-Grobusch, K., Grobbee, D. E., Lenters, V., Mackenbach, J. D. & Vaartjes, I., 2 Dec 2024, In: International journal for equity in health. 23, 1, p. 260 260.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Reduced ovarian cholesterol and steroid biosynthesis along with increased inflammation are associated with high DEHP metabolite levels in human ovarian follicular fluids
Varik, I., Zou, R., Bellavia, A., Rosenberg, K., Sjunnesson, Y., Hallberg, I., Holte, J., Lenters, V., Van Duursen, M., Pedersen, M., Svingen, T., Vermeulen, R., Salumets, A., Damdimopoulou, P. & Velthut-Meikas, A., Sept 2024, In: Environment International. 191, p. 1-14 14 p., 108960.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Investigating Exposure and Hazards of Micro- and Nanoplastics During Pregnancy and Early Life (AURORA Project): Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Study
Durkin, A. M., Zou, R., Boucher, J. M., Boyles, M. S. P., van Boxel, J., Bustamante, M., Christopher, E. A., Dadvand, P., Dusza, H. M., van Duursen, M., Forsberg, M. M., Galea, K. S., Legler, J., Mandemaker, L. D. B., Meirer, F., Muncke, J., Nawrot, T. S., Přibylová, P., Robuck, A. R. & Saenen, N. D. & 8 others, , 10 Aug 2024, In: JMIR: Research protocols. 13, p. 1-15 15 p., e63176.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Weight of evidence evaluation of the metabolism disrupting effects of triphenyl phosphate using an expert knowledge elicitation approach
Beausoleil, C., Thébault, A., Andersson, P., Cabaton, N. J., Ermler, S., Fromenty, B., Garoche, C., Griffin, J. L., Hoffmann, S., Kamstra, J. H., Kubickova, B., Lenters, V., Kos, V. M., Poupin, N., Remy, S., Sapounidou, M., Zalko, D., Legler, J., Jacobs, M. N. & Rousselle, C., Aug 2024, In: Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 489, p. 116995 116995.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in air pollution exposure: a cross-sectional analysis of nationwide individual-level data from the Netherlands
van den Brekel, L., Lenters, V., Mackenbach, J. D., Hoek, G., Wagtendonk, A., Lakerveld, J., Grobbee, D. E. & Vaartjes, I., Jan 2024, In: The Lancet Planetary Health. 8, 1, p. e18-e29Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Prizes / Grants
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Fed with a side of microplastics: interventions to reduce plastic exposure via infant formula and human milk (FLES project))
Lenters, Virissa (Recipient) & Lamoree, Marja (Recipient), 16 Oct 2023
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
Press/Media
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RTL Nieuws: commentaar op de nieuwe Pesticiden Eetwijzer
23/01/25
1 Media contribution
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Belgisch onderzoek: luchtverontreiniging kan doordringen tot in de baarmoeder
17/09/19
1 Media contribution
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