Amsterdam Public Health

Virissa Lenters

Assistant Professor, AIMMS Assistant Professor, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases Assistant Professor, Environmental Health & Toxicology

Specialization

Focus of 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)

Latest publications

Exposure to a Mixture of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Metabolic Outcomes in Belgian Adolescents
Cai, A., Remy, S., Lenters, V., Cox, B., Schoeters, G., Covaci, A., Vermeulen, R. & Portengen, L., 5 Dec 2023, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 57, 48, p. 19871-19880 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Associations between lifestyle factors and levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), phthalates and parabens in follicular fluid in women undergoing fertility treatment
Hallberg, I., Björvang, R. D., Hadziosmanovic, N., Koekkoek, J., Pikki, A., van Duursen, M., Lenters, V., Sjunnesson, Y., Holte, J., Berglund, L., Persson, S., Olovsson, M. & Damdimopoulou, P., Sept 2023, In: Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 33, 5, p. 699-709 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Multi-source data approach for personalized outcome prediction in lung cancer screening: update from the NELSON trial
Sidorenkov, G., Stadhouders, R., Jacobs, C., Mohamed Hoesein, F. A. A., Gietema, H. A., Nackaerts, K., Saghir, Z., Heuvelmans, M. A., Donker, H. C., Aerts, J. G., Vermeulen, R., Uitterlinden, A., Lenters, V., van Rooij, J., Schaefer-Prokop, C., Groen, H. J. M., de Jong, P. A., Cornelissen, R., Prokop, M., de Bock, G. H., & 1 othersVliegenthart, R., 1 Apr 2023, In: European Journal of Epidemiology. 38, 4, p. 445-454 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Amsterdam Public Health

Virissa Lenters

Specialization

Focus of research

Exposure to a Mixture of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Metabolic Outcomes in Belgian Adolescents

Associations between lifestyle factors and levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), phthalates and parabens in follicular fluid in women undergoing fertility treatment

Multi-source data approach for personalized outcome prediction in lung cancer screening: update from the NELSON trial