Interview about our ARC project Carolina de Weerth and Bonnie Brett have been working with first graders through the Jacobs Foundation TRECC program in Côte d’Ivoire to determine whether an inexpensive probiotic food supplement can be linked to better cognitive functioning. Such a supplement would create an affordable and simple way to improve children’s basic conditions for…

Interview AD Most babies start childcare at 3 months in The Netherlands. Is this the best age to start childcare? The experts disagree. Carolina de Weerth and Ruben Fukkink were interviewed on this topic.Curious about their opinions? You can read the article here.

We joined this year’s (virtual) International Congress of Infant Studies The FLUX Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience has organized their annual scientific congress from 9th to 12th September. This year, the event had to take place online due to COVID-19 and members from our lab have joined remotely from their homes. The congress offered several…

PhD Defense Pamela Browne On 4 September 2020 our PhD student Pamela Browne graduated! She defended her PhD thesis at the Free University in Amsterdam during an exciting ceremony. Half way through the defense, the fire alarm went off and the building was evacuated. But that was only a minor hassle for Pamela, who continued…

Vacancy: Postdoc FunctieomschrijvingTNO en Radboudumc samen zoeken een postdoc ‘onderzoek effectiviteit van Shantala babymassage in de jeugdgezondheidszorg voor kwetsbare gezinnen in het eerste levensjaar’. De aanstelling geschiedt via het Radboudumc, afdeling Cognitieve Neurowetenschap. De standplaats van de postdoc betreft TNO Child Health, Leiden. Je gaat samen met collega’s (Radboudumc en TNO) en externe partners werken…

We joined this year’s (virtual) International Congress of Infant Studies The International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS) organises a scientific conference on infant development every 2 years. This year, due to Covid-19, the ICIS conference had to take place online. Several members of our lab joined the virtual conference (vICIS) in the week of 6th…

Online visit Minister Van Engelshoven Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven from Education, Culture and Science paid an online visit to the Radboudumc to talk with Radboudumc-scientists about current Covid-19 research. Carolina de Weerth spoke with her about the COPE Study. This study follows women and men that would like to become pregnant, are pregnant, or had a baby…

Interview NPO Radio 1 As from August 2022, the regulation for parental leave will be extended. Carolina de Weerth spoke about this topic at NPO Radio 1. Interested in reading the whole article? Click here.

Interview Volkskrant Carolina de Weerth, colleague Benno Roozendaal, and Sander Koole (Free University) were interviewed by the Volkskrant about the importance of physical contact. The article discusses the effects of social distancing and a lack of physical contact during the Covid-19 crisis. You can read the whole article here.

The COPE-study follows women and men that would like to become pregnant, or are pregnant, or had a baby <6 months ago, during the Covid-19 outbreak This study is part of an international study investigating Covid-19 related positive and negative experiences in (future) parents. The Dutch part is a collaboration between Tilburg University and Radboudumc, and is funded by…