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]
- Emese Kroon, Christophe Romein, Chinouk Andriese, Ingmar Franken & Hanan El Marroun (2025) - Validation and comparison of three different versions of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire: a network analysis approach - European Addiction Research, 1-21 - doi: 10.1159/000546920
- 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]
VENA - Bestuur in het Erasmus MC
- Start date approval
- september 2022
- End date approval
- september 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Voorzitter VENA bestuur
NWO
- Start date approval
- april 2025
- End date approval
- december 2025
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Reviewer voor subsidieaanvragen
Mind Us - wetenschappelijke adviesraad
- Start date approval
- april 2025
- End date approval
- april 2028
- Place
- AMERSFOORT
- Description
- Lid van de wetenschappelijke adviesraad van MindUs
Wetenschappelijke adviesraad EUR Trustfonds
- Start date approval
- april 2025
- End date approval
- april 2028
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Bestuurslid van de wetenschappelijke adviesraad
Stichting Volksbond Rotterdam
- Start date approval
- juni 2025
- End date approval
- juni 2028
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Adviseur wetenschappelijk onderzoek
Stichting BBIS
- Start date approval
- juli 2025
- End date approval
- juli 2028
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Ambassadeur
Child and youth psychiatry
- Level
- Bachelor 3
- Year Level
- Bachelor 3
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- GEN3M107
4.1C Addiction
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWP4029K
