AR&D is a collaborative research network organisation that connects researchers employed in the different departments at Amsterdam UMC, and including researchers from the universities Vrije Universiteit and the University of Amsterdam.

AR&D mission

The advancement of knowledge in all aspects of human reproduction and development through interdisciplinary team science aimed at improving health from preconception to adulthood of current and future generations.

AR&D vision

We are inspired by a future of continuous and sustainable improvement in health for all. We aspire to play a role at the forefront of fundamental, translational, and clinical science and public health research in human reproduction and development, creating a knowledge hub to guide science that serves the wider society.

AR&D visual infographic showing the circle of life from gamete to adulthood

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