The Developmental Psychobiology Lab’s (DPB lab) research focuses on early life influences on development. During pregnancy and the early postnatal years, environmental factors are more likely to exert programming, or long-term, effects on the child’s development. Our lab’s research includes three lines: first, influences of prenatal maternal mental wellbeing on children’s health and behavioural development; second, development of the physiological stress system in children, and its relation to behavioural and emotional regulation and physical health. And third, the development of the intestinal microbiota and its relation to children’s health, behavioural and emotion regulation, and physiological stress system.
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- VBOV-Borstvoedingscongres 2025VBOV-Borstvoedingscongres 2025 On 9 December Carolina de Weerth was invited to give a talk on skin-to-skin care and breast milk cortisol in Leuven. The occasion was the yearly breastfeeding conference of the Flemish Professional Organization of Midwives (VBOV-Borstvoedingscongres 2025). Talking…
- Symposium Beginnersgeluk 2025Beginnersgeluk 2025 – een dag vol verbinding Een goed begin is het halve werk, daar zijn wetenschap en praktijk het hartgrondig over eens. De eerste 1000 dagen zijn cruciaal voor de ontwikkeling en de latere gezondheid van een kind….
- VNOP-CAS Research Days 2025VNOP-CAS Research Days 2025 On November 20–21, our postdoctoral researcher, Beyza Ustun-Elayan, and PhD candidate, Nina Bruinhof, attended the VNOP-CAS Research Days 2025 in Nijmegen. These research days bring together researchers in developmental psychology and pedagogical sciences from the…
- Vacancy for PhD ProjectPhD PROJECT:Understanding early environmental influences on mother-infant sleep dynamics, stress regulation, and bonding The first 1,000 days of life are critical for setting the foundations of health, wellbeing, and development. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate for…
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