Roel Vermeulen is a Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Exposome Science at Utrecht University. His scientific research focuses on environmental risk factors for non-communicable diseases with a strong emphasis on integrating epidemiology, high quality exposure assessment, and molecular biology into multidisciplinary investigations. Vermeulen is the director of the Utrecht Exposome Hub, PI of several large case-control and prospective occupational and general population studies and together with Jelle Vlaanderen the Project Coordinator of EXPANSE, a European research project that focuses on the urban exposome.
La Vuelta air not always healthy 
Using large-scale population research to identify what shapes a healthy gut microbiome 
This summer, children research air quality with Utrecht scientists 
Professors cycle to elementary school students during Meet the Professor 
Air quality and COVID-19 
Project Air View shares hyperlocal map of air quality in Copenhagen 
NWO invests 3.2 million euros in exposome infrastructure 
‘The people in this neighbourhood live longer, healthier lives’ 
New job opportunities 
Predicting and preventing COVID-19 
Research into microplastics and nanoplastics and chemical substances 
We are looking for researchers to strenghten our team in Utrecht 
Research into the development of lung damage and chronic complaints after COVID-19 
Decoding the exposome, the biggest influencer on health 
Webinar Healthy Urban Spatial Planning on 29 October 
Blog: Let's clear the air 
Utrecht University starts platform for innovative solutions for a healthy urban living 
Predicting and preventing serious COVID-19 symptoms 
Researchers call for a new research approach Z. Yuan, J. Kerckhoffs, G. Hoek, R. Vermeulen
Environ Sci Technol . 2022 Sep 19. doi: 10.1021
Youchen Shen, Kees de Hoogh, Oliver Schmitz, Nicholas Clinton, Karin Tuxen-Bettman, Jørgen Brandt, Jesper Christensen, Lise Frohn, Camilla Geels, Derek Karssenberg, Roel Vermeulen, Gerard Hoek
Environment International (168), October 2022
R. Gacesa, A. Kurilshikov, A. Vich Vila, T. Sinha, M.A.Y. Klaassen L.A. Bolte, S. Andreu-Sánchez, L. Chen, V. Collij, S. Hu, J.A.M. Dekens, V.C. Lenters, J.R. Björk, J.C. Swarte, M.A. Swertz, B.H. Jansen, J. Gelderloos-Arends, S. Jankipersadsing, M. Hofker, R.C.H. Vermeulen, S. Sanna, H.J.M. Harmsen, C. Wijmenga, J. Fu, A. Zhernakova, R.K. Weersma
Nature (2022)
Jules Kerckhoffs, Jibran Khan, Gerard Hoek, Zhendong Yuan, Thomas Ellermann, Ole Hertel, Matthias Ketzel, Steen Solvang Jensen, Kees Meliefste, Roel Vermeulen
Environment Science and Technology, March 2022
Mariana Simões, Nicole Janssen, Dick Heederik, Lidwien Smit, Roel Vermeulen, Anke Huss
Environment International (161), March 2022
Haykanush Ohanyan, Lützen Portengren, Anke Huss, Eugenio Traini, Joline W.J. Beulens, Gerard Hoek, Jeroen Lakerveld, Roel Vermeulen
Environment International (158), Jan 2022
Pinho MGM, Lakerveld J, Harbers MC, Sluijs I, Vermeulen R, Huss A, Boer JMA, Verschuren WMM, Brug J, Beulens JWJ, Mackenbach JD.
European Journal of Nutrition. 60 (2021).
Safarlou CW, Bredenoord AL, Vermeulen R, Jongsma KR.
Am J Bioeth. 2021 Dec;21(12):73-75.
Beulens JWJ, Pinho MGM, Abreu TC, den Braver NR, Lam TM, Huss A, Vlaanderen J, Sonnenschein T, Siddiqui NZ, Yuan Z, Kerckhoffs J, Zhernakova A, Brandao Gois MF, Vermeulen RCH.
Diabetologia. 2021 Nov 18.
Ge C, Peters S, Olsson A, Portengen L, Schüz J , Almansa J, Ahrens W, Bencko V, Benhamou S, Boffetta P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Caporaso N, Consonni D, Demers P, Fabiánová E, Fernández-Tardón G, Field J, Forastiere F, Foretova, Guénel P, Gustavsson P, Janout V, Jöckel K-H, Karrasch S , Landi MT, Lissowska J, Luce D, Mates D, McLaughlin J, Merletti F , Mirabelli D, Pándics T, Parent M-E, Plato N, Pohlabeln H, Richiardi L, Siemiatycki J, Świątkowska B, Tardón A, Wichmann H-E, Zaridze D, Straif K , Kromhout H, Vermeulen RCH.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med . 2020 Apr 24. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201911-2101OC.
Vermeulen RCH, Schymanski EL, Barabási AL, Miller GW.
Science 24 Jan 2020: Vol. 367, Issue 6476, pp. 392-396. DOI: 10.1126/science.aay3164
Huss A, van Wel L, Bogaards L, Vrijkotte T, Wolf L, Hoek G, Vermeulen RCH.
Environmental health perspectives. 2019 Jun 3;127(6):067001.
Peters S, Visser AE, D’Ovidio F, Beghi E, Chiò A, Logroscino G, Hardiman O, Kromhout H, Huss A, Veldink J, Vermeulen RCH, van den Berg LH.
American Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 188, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 796–805, https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwy287
Vlaanderen J, Portengen L, Chadeau-Hyam M, Szpiro A, Gehring U, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Vermeulen RCH.
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology. 2019 Mar;29(2):258.
Reedijk M, Lenters V, Slottje P, Pijpe A, Peeters PH, Korevaar JC, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Verschuren WMM, Verheij RA, Pieterson I, van Leeuwen FE , Rookus MA ,Kromhout H , Vermeulen RCH.
BMJ Open . 2018 Feb 3;8(2):e018504. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018504.
Vlaanderen JJ, Janssen NA , Hoek G, Keski-Rahkonen P, Barupal DK, Cassee FR, Gosens I, Strak M , Steenhof M, Lan G, Brunekreef B, Scalbert A, Vermeulen RCH.
Environ Res . 2017 Jul;156:341-348. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.03.042. Epub 2017 Apr 6.
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